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INFLUENCE OF SOIL MOISTURE ON APPLE MAGGOT EMERGENCE, RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Trottier  and
J. L. Townshend
R. Trottier
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0
J. L. Townshend
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0
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Several authors have observed that Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) is usually less prevalent during hot dry summers than during cool wet summers (Rivard 1968). Neilson (1964) showed that the emergence of R. pomonella, under laboratory conditions, was affected by the relative humidity of the air. When the relative humidity was 20 or 40%, high mortality occurred during metamorphosis and fewer adults emerged.

The object of this study was to measure the influence of soil moisture on success and time of emergence in a laboratory experiment. The information is needed to improve the forecasting system for apple maggot control in apple orchards (Trottier, in press).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 8 , August 1979 , pp. 975 - 976
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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