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DAMAGE TO SASKATOONS, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, BY THE APPLE CURCULIO, TACHYPTERELLUS QUADRIGIBBUS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T.A. Steeves ,
D.M. Lehmkuhl  and
T.D. Bethune
T.A. Steeves
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 0W0
D.M. Lehmkuhl
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 0W0
T.D. Bethune
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 0W0
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Abstract

Crop failures are a frequent phenomenon of saskatoon berries, Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt., in Saskatchewan. The curculionid beetle Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Say is shown to have a pronounced effect on the relation and quality of fruit produced. Its feeding and reproductive habits on the berries are proposed as a major cause of crop failures.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 6 , June 1979 , pp. 641 - 648
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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