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The Value of Physical Factors in Insect Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. Belton  and
M. G. Maw
P. Belton
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture, Research Institute, Belleville, Ontario
M. G. Maw
Affiliation:
Canada Department of Agriculture, Research Institute, Belleville, Ontario
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For several years we have been investigating the effects of natural and artificial acoustical and electrical phenomena on the behaviour of insects with a view to the development of new methods of control.

A. Sounds can be exploited in two ways:–firstly to affect insects whose behaviour is stimulated by naturally-occurring sounds; secondly to use the very rapid pressure changes associated with sounds as a sort of “death ray.”

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 96 , Issue 1-2 , February 1964 , pp. 114
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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