Mechanical Impedence of Adult Pecan Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Emergence Related to Soil Moisture and Penetration Resistance
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 588-592
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/13.2.588
Abstract
Emergence of adult pecan weevils from orchard soils in Texas and South Carolina was delayed and reduced at low soil moistures. Regression models relating soil moisture and penetration resistance readings (kg/cm 2 ) at 10- to 13-cm soil depths showed that impeded emergence was related to the resistance of dry soils to penetration by adult weevils ( R 2 = 0.99). Adult emergence at various levels of penetration resistance induced by water treatment was strikingly similar for both locations.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Adult Pecan Weevil Emergence Related to Soil Moisture12Journal of Economic Entomology, 1980
- Pecan Weevil Distribution in Some Texas Soils 1Environmental Entomology, 1975