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EFFECTS OF AN INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR WITH HIGH JUVENILE HORMONE ACTIVITY ON THE APTEROUS FORM OF THE POTATO APHID, MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Benskin  and
J. M. Perron
J. Benskin
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Lava1 University, Quebec, Canada
J. M. Perron
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Lava1 University, Quebec, Canada
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Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a novel insect growth regulator (IGR) with juvenile hormone activity. Tests show the third instar to be the stage most sensitive to the regulator based on reduction of fecundity throughout inhibition of normal adult development. Effective control in most stages was for the first time brought about within the realm of economic feasibility. The IGR could be of value in future control of aphid populations.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , April 1973 , pp. 619 - 622
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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