Recommendations on minimum experimental plot size and succession of aphidophaga in West Virginia, USA, apple orchards

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 257-267

  Brown, M W ^a   Lightner, G W ^a  

^a Appalachian Fruit Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphidoletes aphidimyza; Coccinella septempunctata; Experimental design; Malus domestica; Predator succession; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000333908     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769902     Document Type: Article

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