SURVIVAL OF ALFALFA BLOTCH LEAFMINER, AGROMYZA FRONTELLA (DIPTERA: AGROMYZIDAE), IN FIELD-CURING OF ALFALFA
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 115 (1) , 89-91
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent11589-1
Abstract
Simulated windrow experiments revealed that 32.0 ± 8.4% or 3rd-instar Agromyza frontella (Rondani) larvae completed development and formed puparia in alfalfa hay during field curing; 1st- and 2nd-instar larvae suffered almost complete mortality. Under a management schedule where first harvest was at 10% bloom, adult emergence was 45% higher from soil under windrowed hay than from soil under strips immediately raked. Development of A. frontella in hay being field-cured is discussed in relation to crop pest management and crop management options.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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