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ACCUMULATION AND PERSISTENCE OF FENITROTHION IN NEEDLES OF BALSAM FIR AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON ABUNDANCE OF NEODIPRION ABIETIS (HARRIS) (HYMENOPTERA: DIPRIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D.C. Eidt  and
V.N. Mallet
D.C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Maritimes Forest Research Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 5P7
V.N. Mallet
Affiliation:
Département de chimie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada E1A 3E9
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Abstract

Fenitrothion accumulates in foliage tissue of balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., in the forest, but only until about 1.5 μg/g is reached. The balsam fir sawfly, Neodiprion abietis (Harris), which belongs to the family of forest insects known to be most sensitive to fenitrothion, has become rare but persists in New Brunswick in spite of the use of fenitrothion for control of spruce bud worm, Choristoneura fumerifana (Clemens).

Résumé

Le fénitrothion s’accumule dans les tissus de feuillage de sapin baumier, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., aux bois, mais seulement jusqu’à ce qu’une quantité approximative de 1,5 μg/g soit atteinte. Il est reconnu que la mouche à scie, Neodiprion abietis (Harris), celle-ci étant membre de la famille d’insectes connu le plus sensibles envers le fénitrothion, est devenue rare mais persistante au Nouveau-Brunswick depuis l’usage du fénitrothion pour le contrôle de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 118 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 69 - 77
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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