Abundance Factors

Alyokhin, A. V. and D. N. Ferro. 1999. Relative fitness of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) resistant and susceptible to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3A toxin. Journal of Economic Entomology 92: 510-515.

Abundance Factors, Insecticides /

Laboratory experiments were conducted to compare relative fitness of strains of Colorado potato beetle resistant and susceptible to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis Cry3A toxin. Net replacement rates and intrinsic rates of population increase were calculated for resistant and susceptible populations. During the experiment, susceptible males on average copulated 13.3 ± 1.5 times, while resistant males copulated only 8.0 ± 1.0 times. Susceptible females […]

Alyokhin, A. V. and D. N. Ferro. 1999. Relative fitness of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) resistant and susceptible to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3A toxin. Journal of Economic Entomology 92: 510-515. Read More »

Alyokhin, A. V. and D. N. Ferro. 1999. Mating ability of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) males fed transgenic potato foliage. Canadian Entomologist 131: 539-540.

Abundance Factors, Insecticides

Thirty-three teneral Colorado potato beetle males were provided with non-transgenic foliage for 8 d, another 33 males were provided with non-transgenic foliage for 4 days, and then switched to transgenic foliage for another 4 d, and the remaining 33 males were provided with transgenic foliage for 8 days and then mated to females continuously fed

Alyokhin, A. V. and D. N. Ferro. 1999. Mating ability of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) males fed transgenic potato foliage. Canadian Entomologist 131: 539-540. Read More »

Ferro, D. N., A. V. Alyokhin, and D. B. Tobin. 1999. Reproductive status and flight activity of the overwintered Colorado potato beetle. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91: 443-448.

Abundance Factors /

Mating behavior of post-diapause Colorado potato beetles, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), was observed within an overwintering site, a rotated potato field, newly colonized potato plants, and under laboratory conditions. The influence of spring mating on beetle flight in the presence and in the absence of host plants was investigated using a computer-linked flight mill system. Diapause was terminated

Ferro, D. N., A. V. Alyokhin, and D. B. Tobin. 1999. Reproductive status and flight activity of the overwintered Colorado potato beetle. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91: 443-448. Read More »