Mite Transmission of Plant Viruses11Contribution No. 165, Plant Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.

Author(s):  
JOHN T. SLYKHUIS
1966 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Dustan

The first record of the occurrence in Canada of the pear fruit sawfly, Hoplocampa brevis (Klug), was made on 2 June 1964 when several larvae were collected in pear fruits near Queenston, Ontario, about one mile west of the Niagara River. The identity of the species was confirmed 26 May 1965 by Dr. H. E. Milliron, Taxonomic Section, Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, from three adult sawflies taken in pear orchards 12–19 May 1965 and one adult that emerged in a cage 17 May 1965 from an overwintered larva.


1966 ◽  
Vol 98 (8) ◽  
pp. 880-880
Author(s):  
A. B. Stevenson

An infestation by the grape cane girdler, Ampeloglypter ater LeConte, near Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, was reported to this laboratory on 2 June 1965. The species was identified by Mr. W. J. Brown, Taxonomic Section, Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, from 17 aduit specimens reared or recovered from infested shoots collected in the vinevard between 11 August and 5 September 1965. There are no published records of the occurrence of this species in Canada, though two specimens collectcd at Point Pelee, Ontario, host unspecified, are in the Canadian National Collection (Brown, in lit.). The species occurs in many of the eastern United States (Brooks 1909, Whitcomb 1956).


1959 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
E. S. Merritt

Chicks from 10 broiler strains were randomly allotted and reared at three farms. At 10 weeks of age a random sample consisting of 60 birds of each strain, with an equal number of each sex, was taken at each farm, slaughtered and market graded. At each farm, an official inspector graded the birds according to the standards of the Canada Department of Agriculture. Each bird was graded for the four grade factors: conformation, fleshing, fat and dressing.The number of birds in each grade class was not independent of farm, sex or strain. The 10 strains, ranked on grade scores, tended to rank in the same order at each farm, although the agreement was better for some grade factors than others, and was better when based on males than on females. On a strain rank basis, the grade scores for any one grade factor were not, in general, indicative of the scores for any other grade factor. Also on a strain rank basis, there was a high positive correlation between breast angle and grade scores for fleshing: body weight was not correlated with grade scores for any of the four grade factors, with the possible exception of conformation in the case of males.


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