Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
\!hen abundant, the adult Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora smatogensis (Fitch), injures or kills young red pine, Pinus rerinovr Ait., and jack pine, P. banksiana Lamb. Its abundance depends greatly on the quantit). and quality of woody plants and forbs of the forest floor that senre a5 alternate hosts during the nymphal stages (Anderson, 1947; Ewan, 1961: Kennedy and Wilson, 1971; Secrest, 1944). Sweet-fern, Comptonia peregrina Coult., is the principal and most important alternate host (Kennedy and Wilson, 1971), but little is know-n about the value of other woody plants and forbs for supporting nymphal development. Therefore, \ve sought to examine the more abundant understory plants as to nymphal host preference md to determine the hosts' value in terms of nymphal development and survival. In this paper, we correlate our findings with those obtained in earlier studies, and propose an approach to spittlebug management through alternate host manipulation.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Louis F.; Heaton, George C.; and Kennedy, Patrick C.
1977.
"Development and Survival of Saratoga Spittlebug Nymphs on Alternate Host Plants,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 10
(3)
: 95-105
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2588
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol10/iss3/2