Serological Estimates of the Seasonal Dynamics of Erwinia tracheiphila in Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 470-476

  Fleischer, Shelby J ^a   De Mackiewicz, D ^a   Gildow, F E ^b   Lukezic, F L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acalymma vittatum; Bacterial wilt; Cucurbits; Epidemiology; Erwinia tracheiphila

Indexed keywords

ACALYMMA; ACALYMMA VITTATA; ACALYMMA VITTATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ERWINIA TRACHEIPHILA;

EID: 0000030124     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.3.470     Document Type: Article

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