Studies conducted with the adult western cherry fruit fly,
Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, revealed that successful oviposition
occurred in three distinct phases, the prepenetration phase, the
penetration phase and the postpenetration phase. During the
postpenetration phase which averaged 51 seconds (range 18 to 86), the
females dragged their ovipositor over the...
Role of temperature and photoperiod on development of the filbert leafroller, Archips rosanus L., (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the Willamette Valley, Oregon was studied in the laboratory and in the field. Both temperature and photoperiod had a significant influence on the developmental rate of this species from neonate larva to adult...
The genus Tiaja Oman consists of eight known species of flightless
leafhoppers of the subfamily Megophthalminae found along the
western coast of North America between British Columbia and
northern Mexico. Species occurring from the San Francisco Bay
area northward are restricted to a narrow coastal zone within 1 km of...
In the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville, California,
twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch)
populations were surveyed in 1983 and '84 to detect the
influence of immigrants from nursery plants or
surrounding vegetation on subsequent resistance
development to cyhexatin and formetanate in strawberry
fields. Susceptible mites (cyhexatin LC50 = 0.0039 %...
Knowledge of how individual organisms behave in their environment can provide a greater understanding of population dynamics. In a predator-prey system, the choices made by predators when foraging for prey are important aspects of behavior. Particularly in the case of a stage-structured prey population, how the predator selects prey stages...
The effects of the inherent transmissibility of the
virus and of the inherent transmitting ability of aphids
on the transmission of bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV)
were studied along with four virus-vector relationships of
BYMV and the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulz.).
In addition, investigations were made on the...
The use of petroleum oil prevented, to varying degrees: the
transmission of three stylet-borne viruses in three different crops.
The use of oils resulted in a marked improvement in the number of
lily bulbs harvested from treated plots as compared to the number of
lily bulbs harvested from untreated plots....
The influence of oil sprays on the field spread of the aphid-borne
bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) in bean was studied in 1972
and 1973. Oil sprays failed to significantly reduce virus spread in
the 1972 BYMV experiment. However, the data did suggest that the
efficiency of the oil sprays...
Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville was selected for
rapid development through five generations at four constant
temperatures (18, 22, 26, and 30°C). Two levels of selection
were used: intense and moderate. Differences in developmental
rate, survivorship, live adult weight, aphid consumption,
adult longevity, and fecundity were measured for both groups
and an...