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The influence of weather parameters on crucifer flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) capture heights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

James A. Tansey ,
Lloyd M. Dosdall ,
Julie J. Soroka  and
B. Andrew Keddie
James A. Tansey*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5.
Lloyd M. Dosdall
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5.
Julie J. Soroka
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
B. Andrew Keddie
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, CW 405, Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected])
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Abstract

The crucifer flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is the most important pest of seedling canola, Brassica napus Linnaeus (Brassicaceae), in North America, yet effects of weather on its dispersal and flight activity are not completely understood. We investigated effects of ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, barometric flux, and precipitation on capture heights of P. cruciferae over four site-years in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Capture heights increased with mean ambient temperatures for both generations of beetles, with 15°C determined as an estimated minimum temperature for flight. Although capture heights decreased with greater minimum relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and increased with greater mean wind speed, the contributions of these factors were determined to be minor relative to that of mean temperature. Results of the current study will contribute to more accurate predictions of the invasion of canola crops by P. cruciferae and contribute to improved integrated management of this important pest species.

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Insect Management
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 147 , Issue 1 , February 2015 , pp. 89 - 96
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2014 

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Subject editor: Gilles Boiteau

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