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CROP LIFE TABLES AS A PEST MANAGEMENT TOOL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. G. Harcourt
D. G. Harcourt
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Cohort life tables are seen to provide the basis for an analytic and insightful approach to the rational management of crop pests. A life table is presented for a typical planting of early market cabbage, and dx values appraised in the light of potential dollar revenues.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , August 1970 , pp. 950 - 955
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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