Open AccessOrange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Dipt., Cecidomyidae), on wheat in Finland
Author(s) -
Juha Helenius,
Jyrki Tomminen,
Reijo Björkbacka
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
agricultural and food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1795-1895
pISSN - 1459-6067
DOI - 10.23986/afsci.72177
Subject(s) - midge , biology , infestation , orange (colour) , larva , agronomy , horticulture , botany
Sitodiplosis mosellana has been found for the first time infesting wheat in Finland. In the wheat field studied, the egg laying period was in mid July, and the larvae left the ears in mid August. On an average ca. 20 %of the ears were infested. It was estimated, that 1.7 % of the grains were sucked by the larvae. The level of infestation was found to differ between wheal varieties.
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