INFLUENCE OF THE PROPORTION OF FRUITING TO NON-FRUITING CLUSTERS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INSECT PREDATORS ON APPLE TREES
- 1 March 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 100 (3) , 308-312
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent100308-3
Abstract
The proportion of fruiting to non-fruiting clusters on apple trees influences the distribution of predators within and between trees. The mirids Atractotomus mali (Meyer), Campylomma verbasci (Meyer), Hyaliodes harti Knight, Diaphnocoris pellucida (Uhler), Pilophorus perplexus Douglas and Scott, and the anthocorid Anthocoris musculus (Say) all showed greater preference for limbs (or trees) bearing a high proportion (or percentage) of fruiting clusters. The predacious mite Anystis agilis Banks exhibited no preference.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Sampling Predator Populations on Apple Trees in Nova ScotiaThe Canadian Entomologist, 1965
- Life History and Control of Atractotomus mali, a New Pest of Apple in Nova Scotia (Miridae: Hemiptera)1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1964