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A Portable Power and Control System for the Operation of Low-wattage Argon Lamps Used in Insect Light Traps1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. B. Lowe
R. B. Lowe
Affiliation:
Research Station, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Light traps using incandescent lamps operated on 115-volt commercial power have been used in studies in Saskatchewan of the lepidopterous pests of rapeseed crops. However, there was a need for a light trap that could be operated in areas remote from electric power. Because of the proven usefulness of low-wattage argon lamps in pink bollworm detection investigations (Glick 1961), and their low power requirements, these lamps were used experimentally in the portable power and control system described here.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , March 1966 , pp. 241 - 242
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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