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FEEDING THROUGH ROOT SURFACES OF RUTABAGA BY HYLEMYA BRASSICAE (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. E. Swailes
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Lethbridge, Albert

Abstract

Resistance to the initiation of feeding by newly hatched larvae of Hylemya brassicae (Bouché) confined on surfaces of rutabaga roots was examined. Differences between varieties could be distinguished by using 10 larvae on a root segment. There were no differences between roots within a variety or between portions of one root. The evidence of resistance in Wilhelmsburger was confirmed. This technique of rearing on a small surface area of the root may be valuable in evaluating lines in the laboratory without destroying their propagation value.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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