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SOME INSECTS INFESTING THE “SELENIUM INDICATOR” VETCHES IN SASKATCHEWAN*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. B. Fox
W. B. Fox
Affiliation:
Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Saskatoon, Sask.
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It is known that selenium is highly toxic to mammals (1, 3) and to some insects (6, 8). Aphids cannot tolerate any appreciable quantities of selenium in host plants (4, 5, 10). A selenium content higher than 5 p.p.m. in cotton plants was reported toxic to cotton stainers (Dysdercus howardi Ballou) and to pink bollworm (Platyedia gossypiella Saund.) (6, 8).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 75 , Issue 11 , November 1943, pp. 206 - 207
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1943

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