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Effects of Changing the Phosphorus Content of the Food Plant on the Migratory Grasshopper, Melanoplus bilituratus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. S. Smith
D. S. Smith
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Canada Agriculture Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta
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It has been demonstrated that changes in the composition of a plant influence the insects that feed upon the plant (Lipke and Fraenkel, 1956). The quantitative composition of plants can be changed by the use of fertilizers (Mulder, 1950; Rennie, 1956), and populations of insects feeding on the plants may increase or decrease (Daniels, 1957; Adkisson, 1958; Joyce, 1958). These changes in numbers of insects have been attributed to such factors as changes in nitrogen, protein, and carbohydrate content (Evans, 1938; Fritzsche et al., 1957) or various mineral constituents (Creighton, 1938).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , February 1960 , pp. 103 - 107
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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