GRAIN APHIDS IN NEW BRUNSWICK: III. APHID POPULATIONS IN HERBICIDE-TREATED OAT FIELDS

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 789-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean B. Adams ◽  
Margaret E. Drew

From similar initial populations, aphid infestations became higher in herbicide-treated areas of oats than in similar untreated areas. Fewer coccinellids were present in these treated areas. The inclusion of an aphicide with the herbicide applications held subsequent populations of aphids to the level of those in untreated plots. Although populations as high as 250 aphids per tiller occurred, no reduction in yields of grain or straw was found in 1962 or 1963.


1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-343
Author(s):  
Jean B. Adams ◽  
Margaret E. Drew


1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Grant

No harmful effects on aquatic insects were detected in two New Brunswick streams after forest spraying with phosphamidon [Formula: see text] in 1962 and 1963. Comparison of one pre-spray and two post-spray series of bottom samples showed no reduction in number of orders (and families in the case of Diptera) and no abnormal decline in the number of individuals. In numbers and variety of insects emerging daily into stream cages and of insects drifting onto vertical screens in the streams, no changes were attributable to phosphamidon.



1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (11) ◽  
pp. 1177-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Boiteau

AbstractExperiments were done in fields of potato in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1981, 1982, and 1984 to determine the effect of native predators on the abundance of aphids. The populations of predators were altered by pitfall trapping within plots enclosed by polythene barriers and by applying a selective insecticide. The abundance of aphids was monitored in the enclosed plots and in unenclosed areas serving as control. The experimental design was successful at significantly reducing the numbers of Carabidae in the enclosures compared with the open plots. Aphid populations tended to be larger in the plots with depleted populations of Carabidae than in the control areas and were significantly larger in the plots where the insecticide depleted the populations of canopy level predators. These results suggest that the Carabidae play a relatively minor role in aphid control on the potato crop compared with specific predators.



1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean B. Adams ◽  
Margaret E. Drew

Aphid populations on oats (Fundy and Stormont) and barley (Charlottetown 80) were studied in the field and yields of these grains examined under the different levels of aphid infestation resulting from applications of malathion and 2,4-D amine to the crop.Two species of aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) and Macrosiphum avenae (Fab.), occurred on the grains, and the greatest populations developed on barley. In all cases highest numbers were associated with applications of 2,4-D amine. Applications of this herbicide to similar aphids under laboratory conditions showed that the species differed in their responses as measured by reproduction and longevity.One malathion treatment, applied when aphids were dispersing into the field, reduced ensuing aphid numbers on oats by 29% and on barley by 64%. Yields of oats were increased by 47% and of barley 32% when malathion alone was used. When malathion and 2,4-D amine were applied together, aphid results and yield results were confusing.In all treatments, aphid populations collapsed abruptly once the grain panicle emerged, and in no case did aphids persist more than 10 weeks on either grain.





2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Ulrike Flader ◽  
Vera Ecarius-Kelly ◽  
Clemence SCALBERT-YÜCEL ◽  
Michael M. Gunter ◽  
Tozun Bahcheli ◽  
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