Effect of Soil Moisture on Plectris aliena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Oviposition

Nancy L. Brill; Rick L. Brandenburg; Mark R. Abney

doi:10.1653/024.099.0342

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1 September 2016 Effect of Soil Moisture on Plectris aliena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Oviposition

Nancy L. Brill, Rick L. Brandenburg, Mark R. Abney

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Florida Entomologist, 99(3):574-575 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0342

Abstract

The effect of 3 soil moisture regimes (dry, normal, and wet) on oviposition was studied for the invasive soil pest Plectris aliena Chapin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North Carolina agroecosystems. In laboratory cages, there was a significant increase of 20 more eggs deposited by females in wet soil compared with the dry soil (2% moisture) treatment. When the beetles were tested under field conditions, there were no significant differences in oviposition.

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Nancy L. Brill, Rick L. Brandenburg, and Mark R. Abney "Effect of Soil Moisture on Plectris aliena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Oviposition," Florida Entomologist 99(3), 574-575, (1 September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0342

Published: 1 September 2016

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