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INSECT CONTROL BY ARTIFICIALLY PROLONGING PLANT DORMANCY — A NEW APPROACH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Eidt  and
C. H. A. Little
D. C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Fredericton, New Brunswick
C. H. A. Little
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Insect control methods are usually aimed directly at the insects. Examples are insect exclusion, poisons, and the more recent methods which upset metabolism, nervous coordination, sensory perception, or fertility. Some methods are indirect and involve manipulation of insect parasites, predators and diseases, habitat destruction, and host management. Only selection and breeding for host resistance are directed at the host of the insect. This is somewhat surprising because the host–insect relationship presents some of the most vulnerable aspects of the life of an insect.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 12 , December 1968 , pp. 1278 - 1279
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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