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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Incidence of currant borer moth, Synanthedon tipuliformis, in blackcurrants in Tasmania

RJ Hardy and SJ Wilson

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 17(86) 526 - 528
Published: 1977

Abstract

The incidence of the currant borer moth, Synanthedon tipuliformis (Clerck), in blackcurrant plantations in southern Tasmania was assessed by a survey in 1973. On individual properties the mean larval density ranged from nil to 1.1 larvae m-1 of branch, but on most properties the larval density was considerably less than the overall mean of 0.21 larvae m-1. The survey suggested that the incidence of the moth was highest in a more inland district and in flat and north facing blocks; further, incidence increased with decreasing altitude.

https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9770526

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