In 1980-81, teneral and fully melanized adult flea beetles were monitored with water traps. Phyllotreta cruciferae, P. striolata and Psylliodes punctulata are univoltine in southwestern Quebec. Their spatial distributions were estimated by D-Vac('(REGTM)) sampling in rutabaga and cabbage an the proportions of flea beetle species varied in time and space. Dispersal studies, using interception traps coupled with statistics of directional data, showed four immigrations to and seven emigrations from a rutabaga field. P. cruciferae was more attracted to allyl isothiocyanate than P. striolata, whereas the behavior of Ps. punctulata was not affected. Sex ratio estimations were affected accordingly. The color white significantly attracted more flea beetles than yellow, green and red. Overwintered adult flea beetles were more prevalent on later sown rutabaga, and the species proportions were slightly affected by the sowing date. Flea beetle infestations were simulated by punching out holes in cabbage seedlings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.71844 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Vincent, Charles, 1953- |
| 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 | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Entomology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000155572, proquestno: AAINK64579, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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