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Biology of the Superb Plant Bug, Adelphocoris superbus (Uhl.) (Hemiptera: Miridae), in Southern Alberta1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. E. Lilly  and
G. A. Hobbs
C. E. Lilly
Affiliation:
Field Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, Lethbridge, Alberta
G. A. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Field Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, Lethbridge, Alberta
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The superb plant bug, Adelphocoris superbus (Uhl.), is a serious pest in some alfalfa seed fields in southern Alberta. It feeds on the unopened bud clusters, causing them to whiten and die (bud-blasting). Under cages, it has also caused flower-drop, stunting of plants, and destruction of immature seed (Sorenson, 1954). When numerous it may prevent fields from producing enough bloom for the alfalfa pollinators in the vicinity, and in such numbers is of economic importance to the seed-growers. The number of bugs necessary for an economic population thus varies inversely with the pollinator population on the field.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , March 1956 , pp. 118 - 125
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1956

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