Masters Theses
Date of Award
6-1976
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Agricultural Biology
Major Professor
Charles D. Pless
Committee Members
C. J. Southards, R. R. Gerhardt
Abstract
Insecticidal treatments applied to both early and late planted burley tobacco significantly reduced adult flea beetle populations, but no measureable differences in leaf yield or value were observed. Beetle numbers peaked near the end of July and again in mid-August, reaching maximum numbers of 13 beetles per plant in untreated plots. Beetle population densities were positively correlated with rainfall quantity for both one and two week periods before each count.
Recommended Citation
Evans, John Reid, "Yield and quality of burley tobacco as affected by feeding of adult tobacco flea beetles, Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer) (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae). " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1976.
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