Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Advisor Riedl, Helmut Rights Statement Copyright Not Evaluated

The potential of endemic natural enemies to suppress pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola Förster, in the Hood River Valley, Oregon

Creator:

Booth, Steven R.

Abstract:

This thesis addressed the potential of endemic predaceous and parasitic arthropods of the Hood River Valley, Oregon to suppress the pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola F8rster. Natural enemies adequately suppressed psylla in three of seven unsprayed orchards of differing vegetational settings, orchard age, and size. Relatively few psylla natural enemies dispersed...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

Hood River Valley. Oregon Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy I I N.or Helmut Riedl This thesis
Host selection, reproductive biology, host-specific development and mortality of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Torticidae), in apple and pear

Creator:

Marti, Santiago Marti

Abstract:

The biology and behavior of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), was studied to determine factors responsible for differences in susceptibility to moth damage among apple and pear cultivars. In release experiments, codling moth adults were intercepted in significantly greater numbers in host (apple, pear) than in non-host (maple) trees,...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

thank Dr. Helmut Riedl for his continuous advice and support of this project. I extend my thanks to my