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Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands
Dissertation (M Inst Agrar (Sustainable Insect Management))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26222 Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands Govender, Prem upetd@up.ac.za Ndou, Rudzani Gloria Forests and forestry diseases and pests kwazulu-na UCTD Dissertation (M Inst Agrar (Sustainable Insect Management))--University of Pretoria, 2006. White grub is the common name of most scarabaeid larvae and some are considered ! as grubs of economic importance to agricultural crops. Expansion of forestry into previous croplands has resulted in some pests of previous agricultural crops becoming important in forestry. Field trials planted over three seasons, determined the mortality factors influencing the establishment of commercial eucalypt and black wattle plantations in the Natal Midlands. White grubs had the highest pest status. I Characteristic raster pattern was used to identify larvae as a particular morphospecies with the aid of the dissecting microscope. Head I capsule width pattern was used to determine the larval instars responsible for the damage. High incidences of seedling damage was recorded from December to April. Several morphospecies were found I damaging seedlings simultaneously. Morphospecies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were responsible for the damage but morphospecies 1, 2, 4 and 5 were the most predominant. First, second and third instar larvae were found damaging seedlings and ! they sometimes occurred simultaneously. Second and third instar larvae were the predominant larval instars. Zoology and Entomology unrestricted 2013-09-07T03:57:34Z 2006-07-12 2013-09-07T03:57:34Z 2001-04-01 2006-07-12 2006-07-12 Dissertation Ndou, RG 2001, Species composition and larval instar population structure of scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands, MInstAgrar dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26222 > H965/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26222 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07122006-092540/ © 2001 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Forests and forestry diseases and pests kwazulu-na UCTD Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title | Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title_full | Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title_fullStr | Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title_short | Species composition and larval instar population structure of Scarabaeids in forestry in the Natal Midlands |
| title_sort | species composition and larval instar population structure of scarabaeids in forestry in the natal midlands |
| topic | Forests and forestry diseases and pests kwazulu-na UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26222 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07122006-092540/ |