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A METHOD FOR SEPARATING THE EGGS OF THE PRAIRIE GRAIN WIREWORM, CTENICERA DESTRUCTOR, FROM SOIL1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John F. Doane
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Abstract

A technique is described whereby an average of 99% (96–100%) of known numbers of eggs of Ctenicera destructor (Brown) were removed from units of soil 1/2 pint in volume. Average time to process each unit was 11/2 man-hours.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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