Utilizing Parasites in Controlling the Oriental Fruit Moth1
- 1 December 1936
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 29 (4) , 640-644
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/29.4.640
Abstract
Shortly after the oriental fruit moth (Grapholitha molesta Busck) was discovered in western New York in the summer of 1927, a survey of the infested area showed that indigenous parasites were effecting only very slight reductions in the population. Since no satisfactory control measures had been developed in the older areas of infestation, the utilization of parasites seemed the obvious undertaking. Macrocentrus ancylivorus Rohwer was imported from New Jersey in 1928 and liberated in the infested area of western New York. This paper summarizes the methods and results of that experiment in biological control.Keywords
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