Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2brh9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-24T06:20:38.297Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

WINTER SURVIVAL OF THE RYE JOINTWORM, HARMOLITA SECALE (HYMENOPTERA: EURYTOMIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. W. Salt
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Alberta

Abstract

Winter survival of the rye jointworm depends upon the intensity and duration of subzero temperatures, depth of snow cover, and the height at which the larvae hibernate in the stem.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Holmes, N. D. and Blakeley, P. E.. 1971. The rye jointworm (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), a new insect pest in western Canada. Can. Ent. 103: 277280.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Salt, R. W. 1966. Relation between the time of freezing and temperature in supercooled larvae of Cephus cinctus Nort. Can. J. Zool. 44: 947952.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sømme, L. 1964. Effects of glycerol on cold-hardiness in insects. Can. J. Zool. 42: 87101.CrossRefGoogle Scholar