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PREDICTIONS OF DESTRUCTIVE LEVELS OF THE APPLE-STINGING BUGS ATRACTOTOMUS MALI AND CAMPYLOMMA VERBASCI (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. W. MacPhee
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia

Abstract

The amount of damage to apples caused by the bugs Atractotomus mali (Meyer) and Campylomma verbasci (Meyer) is largely related to the density of the bug population and to the apple variety. Bug numbers can be reliably measured by a ’hatching’ method, and preventative insurance spraying can be avoided where indicated.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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