Home – Home – Jornals – Contemporary Problems of Ecology 2003 number 5

On the basis of long-term studies of the economically important problem associated with periodically repeating bursts of mass reproduction of webworm, ecological peculiarities of this species that make it possible for it to develop successfully at the limit of conditions meeting its ecological standard are considered. A new approach to control of this pest is proposed. The first positive results of insecticide treatment against its imaginal stage have been obtained.