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EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON MORTALITY OF GRASSHOPPER EGGS (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M.K. Mukerji  and
M.P. Braun
M.K. Mukerji
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, 107 Science Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
M.P. Braun
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, 107 Science Crescent, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
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Mortality of grasshopper eggs on the Canadian prairies is brought about by many factors, including winter temperatures. Although several authors (Parker 1930; Pickford 1966, 1976; Riegert 1967) have reported that winter temperatures can affect the mortality of grasshopper eggs, no quantitative data have been presented. This note reports the relationship between low temperatures and grasshopper egg mortality

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 120 , Issue 12 , December 1988 , pp. 1147 - 1148
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1988

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