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- Title
THE EFFECT OF SOIL CONDITIONS ON WHEAT BULB FLY OVIPOSITION.
- Authors
Raw, F.
- Abstract
This article presents a study on the effect of soil conditions on Wheat Bulb fly oviposition in England. A rough tilth clearly favored oviposition more than a smooth tilth, possibly because a greater surface of soil was exposed and there were more cracks and crevices into which the flies could penetrate to lay eggs. Cultivation may also have increased the number of such oviposition sites. If rough tilth and cultivation are similar in this respect, cultivation should have more effect on a smooth tilth and the interaction between smooth tilth and cultivation would be expected to be significant. If, however, Hylemyia coarctata is attracted to freshly cultivated soil, cultivation should affect rough and smooth tilth similarly, perhaps even affecting rough tilth more, because more soil surface is exposed.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; SOILS; WHEAT bulb fly; WHEAT diseases &; pests; HYLEMYA
- Publication
Plant Pathology, 1955, Vol 4, Issue 4, p114
- ISSN
0032-0862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3059.1955.tb00056.x