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Note on the effect of wireworms of the genera Agriotes and Corymbites on crop yields
Author(s) -
Broadbent L.
Publication year - 1946
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1946.tb06292.x
Subject(s) - biology , crop , yield (engineering) , agronomy , genus , toxicology , botany , materials science , metallurgy
Experiments were made to illustrate the regular falling off of yield of crops due to increasing wireworm populations under controlled conditions. The genus Corymbites was shown to cause as much damage as Agriotes; Athous was less harmful. The damage caused to various cereals by Agriotes is contrasted.