Rearing the wheat stem sawfly on an artificial diet

The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is an insect pest in dryland wheat cropping systems in the southern Canadian Prairies and the northern Great Plains of the United States (Morrill 1997). Yield losses caused by C. cinctus are due to reduced head weight (Holmes 1977...

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Published in:Canadian entomologist 2005-08, Vol.137 (4), p.497-500
Main Authors: Macedo, Tuilo B., Macedo, Paula A., Peterson, Robert K.D., Weaver, David K., Morrill, Wendell L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
artificial diets
Biological and medical sciences
Breeding
Cephus cinctus
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models
insect development
insect rearing
Invertebrates
mortality
nutritive value
sawflies
Techniques
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Summary:The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is an insect pest in dryland wheat cropping systems in the southern Canadian Prairies and the northern Great Plains of the United States (Morrill 1997). Yield losses caused by C. cinctus are due to reduced head weight (Holmes 1977; Morrill et al. 1992) and lodging, which decreases harvest efficiency. Estimates of yield losses in Montana alone are about US$25 million per year.
ISSN:0008-347X
1918-3240
DOI:10.4039/n04-100