Environmental Entomology (1988) 17, 7-12

J.A. Hough-Goldstein and M.A. Bassler (1988)
Effects of bacteria on oviposition by seedcorn maggots (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Environmental Entomology 17 (1), 7-12
Abstract: Three bacterial isolates, a Flavobacterium sp., Erwinia herbicola, and Xanthomonas campestris, stimulated seedcorn maggot, Delia platura (Meigen), oviposition when tested either alone or in combination. Twenty bacteria with varying abilities to inhibit growth, of these stimulatory bacteria were isolated from soil. These antagonistic bacteria either stimulated D. platura oviposition themselves or did not reduce inocula of the other organisms enough to reduce egg laying. In observation experiments, flies stayed longer and laid more eggs on inoculated substrates, even when they could not actually contact the bacterial inoculum during oviposition.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Delia platura
	Pantoea agglomerans