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A study on the biology and economic importance of the Argentine stem weevil, Hyperodes bonariensis kuschel, in New Zealand
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1961)
Since the advent of European settlement in
New Zealand, grassland farmng has dominated the landscape.
Over the past one hundred years, New Zealand's
development has been largely dependent on the export of
pastoral ...
The control of stored products pests in the South Island of New Zealand : a two part study
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1979)
This study is in two parts. The first reports the results of a mail questionnaire which was sent to 180 companies storing agricultural produce in the South Island of New Zealand. Sixty-eight percent were returned and showed ...
Aspects of the biology of the grain aphid, Macrosiphum miscanthi Tak. 1921
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)
Wherever cereals are grown, insect pests will be found damaging the crop. A recent issue of a commercial journal stated that world production of cereals is over 566 million tons, with estimated world losses from insect ...
Insect pest resistance : technological, biological and economic dimensions
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1984)
The literature on pest control technology, biology and economics is reviewed. The problem of resistance is considered in economic terms. Pest susceptibility is defined as a resource and because of a lack of property rights, ...
Comments on the ecology of grass grub and porina caterpillar
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1968)
The object of this paper is to discuss the ecology of grass
grub, Costelytra zealandica White, and porina, Wiseana
cervinata (Walker), New Zealand’s most important
pastoral insect pests, and to survey what has been ...
The population dynamics of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), in Central Otago, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1975)
The field method developed by McLaren (1968) for making life table studies of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), was used to record details of survival, causes of mortality, daily reproductive output and total ...
The development of life tables for studying the population dynamics of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Horticultural Science with Honours in the University of Canterbury [Lincoln College]
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1968)
A method was described whereby information was obtained from field populations of the cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae and the results were used for the development of life tables.
Statistical analyses of the life ...