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SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING PHEROMONE TRAP CATCHES OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. G. R. McLeod  and
A. N. Starratt
D. G. R. McLeod
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
A. N. Starratt
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
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Abstract

A study was made of the reason for the fairly rapid loss of attractancy of pheromone traps for the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner). This loss in attractancy appeared to be attributable mainly to formation of an inhibitory or repellent substance(s). Although traps with a suspended pheromone dispenser were significantly more attractive than traps with the dispenser placed in contact with the adhesive, they still became relatively unattractive to male corn borers within approximately 1 week.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , 01 January 1978 , pp. 51 - 55
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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