Insect Survey of Select Horticulture Crops in Oklahoma, Emphasizing Population Dynamics in the Squash Bug/squash Plant System
Abstract
This thesis is divided into two parts. Part I, entitled "An Insect Survey of Select Horticulture Crops in Oklahoma,"was designed to fill a void in information on horticulture crop insect pests and their natural enemies which has gradually developed since _the 1940's. Part II "Population Dynamics in the Squash Bug/Squash Plant System" was implemented to accelerate and enhance research into one biological tritrophic component of the insect/horticulture crop system. Although these studies are interrelated, it is this author's opinion .that separation of this treatise into the afore mentioned parts facilitates a more systematic presentation by the author, and a clearer interpretation and understanding by the reader. These investigations would not have become a reality without the help of several people.
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