Ovipositional Responses of Two Species of Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) to Sublethal Concentrations of Permethrin and Methyl Parathion on Corn

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 489-496

  Ayyappath, Ramesh ^a   Witkowski, John F ^b   Higley, Leon G ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Reproduction; Spider mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; OLIGONYCHUS; OLIGONYCHUS PRATENSIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000340252     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.489     Document Type: Article

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