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ON the strength of the results obtained by Slifer1, which prove that it is possible to influence the development of grasshopper eggs by treatment with a wax-solvent agent, a similar experiment has been made to investigate the possibility of breaking the diapause in winter eggs of the European red spider (Metatetranychus ulmi Koch).
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Slifer, E. H., J. Exp. Zool., 102, 333 (1946).
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DIERICK, G. Breaking of Diapause in the Winter Egg of the European Red Spider. Nature 165, 900 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165900a0
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