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Periods of Flight and Oviposition of the Cabbage Maggot, Hylemya brassicae (Bouché) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Southern Alberta1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. E. Swailes
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, Lethbridge, Alberta

Extract

The cabbage maggot, Hylemya brassicae (Bouché), is one of the main factors limiting the production of high-quality rutabagas, Brassica napobrassica Mill., in the irrigated districts of southern Alberta. This crop is damaged late in its growing season; there is little damage to cruciferous crops in early spring except that occasionally early-transplanted cauliflowers are killed. This suggested the possibility of some change in the cropping practice if the flight and oviposition periods, recorded herein, were accurately known.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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References

Brittain, W. H. 1927. The cabbage maggot. Nova Scotia Dept. Nat. Res. Bull. 11.Google Scholar