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INFLUENCE OF THE PROPORTION OF FRUITING TO NON-FRUITING CLUSTERS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INSECT PREDATORS ON APPLE TREES1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

F. T. Lord
F. T. Lord
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia
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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.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 3 , March 1968 , pp. 308 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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References

Lord, F. T. 1965. Sampling predator populations on apple trees in Nova Scotia. Can. Ent. 97: 287–298.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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