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STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGE ON WHEAT HEADS CAUSED BY THE WHEAT MIDGE, SITODIPLOSIS MOSELLANA (GÉHIN), IN MANITOBA1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P.S. Barker
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2M9

Extract

The objective of the present work was to determine the statistical distribution of midge damage between heads of wheat as a guide to estimating the number of wheat heads that would constitute a reliable sample in estimating losses caused by this pest. A brief account of the history and geographical distribution of the wheat midge in Manitoba has been given by Barker (1984).

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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