Fifteen species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) were collected in alfalfa and
peppermint in western Oregon. Seven of these species were hosts for the braconid
parasitoid Meteorus communis. The most frequently parasitized (percent) species were
Agrotis ipsilon (35.3), Dargida procincta (15.0), and Peridroma saucia (6.9). Other
species parasitized were Autographa californica (3.8)...
The efficiencies of wet sieving/sucrose
centrifugation (WS/SC) recovery of Pratylenchus penetrans
(59 %), Paratylenchus sp., (80 %), and Criconemella
xenoplax (66 %) were established. Baermann funnels (BF)
recovered significantly more P. penetrans (p = 0.01) and
significantly less (p = 0.01) C. xenoplax than did WS/SC.
While densities of P....