A METHOD FOR ARTIFICIALLY INFESTING APPLES WITH LARVAE OF THE LIGHT‐BROWN APPLE MOTH, EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA (WALKER)
A relatively simple and inexpensive method of artificially infesting apples with larval Epiphyas postvittana was developed for a disinfestation study. Larvae were placed on the calyx ends of apples and confined there by means of a special adhesive tape restraint. A team of five operators could prepa...
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| Published in | Australian journal of entomology Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 466 - 467 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.01.1977
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| Summary: | A relatively simple and inexpensive method of artificially infesting apples with larval Epiphyas postvittana was developed for a disinfestation study. Larvae were placed on the calyx ends of apples and confined there by means of a special adhesive tape restraint. A team of five operators could prepare the restraints and infest 3000 apples in about six hours. |
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| ISSN: | 1326-6756 1440-6055 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01732.x |