Factors responsible for variable results in small chamber fumigation tests were studied to develop a reliable and sensitive method for detecting susceptibility differences between insect strains. Quart Mason jars; weighed fumigant-filled glass capillary tubes; absorbent paper; and screen cages attached under jar lids and charged with insects through readily sealed openings constituted the apparatus selected. At room temperature a two-hour evaporation period, five-hour exposure period and 14- to 20-day post-exposure period proved best. The effects of day-to-day variability were minimized by testing each material along with a standard and making comparisons based on susceptibility indices. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.117613 |
| Date | January 1965 |
| Creators | Ellis, Clifford Roy. |
| Contributors | Morrison, F. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Entomology. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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