Volume 30 Number 2 Article 3 Pages: 60-63
Year 1976 Month 4
Title: Ovipositional Activity of Periodical Cicada on Apple Varieties
Author: F.R. Hall
Citation
Abstract:
Adults of brood XIV of the periodical
cicadas, Magicicada spp. emerged
in southwestern Ohio in 1974. A survey
of a 2 acre apple variety planting
at Ripley, Ohio, in the spring of 1975,
showed that there were differences in
the amount of cicada ovipositional
damage among certain apple varieties.
Female periodical cicadas, Magici-
Gada spp., lay eggs in many species of
deciduous trees or shrubs (5, 7). Apple,
peach, pear and grape are noted to
be particularly susceptible to cicada
ovipositional injury which can result
in up to 95% damage to terminal
shoots of young fruit trees (2, 4). However,
no information is available to
substantiate a preference for a particular
fruit variety and/or rootstock
combination.
This paper reports observations
of periodical cicada (Brood
XIV) ovipositional sites in 1974 in a
planting of apples in southern Ohio.
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