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Timing Soil-surface Applications of Chlordane Dust Against the Onion Maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meig.) (Anthomyiidae: Diptera), in Onion Seedlings1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. P. Perron ,
J. Lafrance  and
M. Hudon
J. P. Perron
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory St. Jean, Que.
J. Lafrance
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory St. Jean, Que.
M. Hudon
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory St. Jean, Que.
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Several Canadian workers have reported various results in the control of the onion maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meig.), with chemicals applied to the soil surface (Dustan, 1938; Matthewman et al., 1942; McLeod, 1946; Perron et al., 1953; Finlayson and Handford, 1954). In these tests, the date of the first application of insecticide coincided with early oviposition of the insect, the second and third applications following at weekly or ten-day intervals. Satisfactory control was therefore dependent to a great extent on the grower's ability to recognize the beginning of oviposition by the pest in the field. However, many growers find this recognition difficult and poor control often results from the three-application program.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , March 1958 , pp. 176 - 178
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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