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CONTROL OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) ON SWEET CORN AND PEPPERS IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. J. McClanahan  and
J. Founk
R. J. McClanahan
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Harrow, Ontario
J. Founk
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Harrow, Ontario
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Abstract

Parathion was the most effective ovicide for European corn borer eggs. Six other materials gave at least 50% mortality at 100 p.p.m., but 17 had little or no activity. Corn borer larvae were more susceptible to insecticides, and probit-mortality data was determined for 17 materials.

In 1970 and 1971 heavy populations of borer were controlled on sweet corn and peppers by twice-weekly sprays of carbaryl, Lannate, and Phosvel. Furadan applied weekly provided good control, and several of the experimental compounds were effective.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1972 , pp. 1573 - 1579
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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