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EXPERIMENTAL STARVATION OF FIRST-INSTAR LARVAE OF THE PALE WESTERN CUTWORM, AGROTIS ORTHOGONIA MORR.*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. W. Salt
Affiliation:
Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Lethbridge, Alberta
H. L. Seamans
Affiliation:
Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Lethbridge, Alberta

Extract

The pale western cutworm, Agrotis orthogonia Morr, has been a serious pest in the semi-arid prairies of Western Canada since 1911. Only recently, however, has an effective control been developed which can be used in the spring of the year of outbreak. Seamans (1938), after many years of field observations, published a non-technical bulletin dealing with a method of control by starving the small cutworms early in the spring.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1945

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References

LITERATURE CITED

Abbot, W. S. 1925. A Method of Computing the Effectiveness of An Insecticide. Jour. Econ. Ent. 18 (2): 265267, April, 1925.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Seamans, H. L. 1938. The Pale Western Cutworm and Its Control. Canada Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin No. 59, April, 1938.Google Scholar