Effect of Potato Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Yield, Quality, and Economics of Staked-Tomato Production

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 996-1004

  Walgenbach, James F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic threshold; Potato aphid; Tomato

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; PENTATOMIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0000429365     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.4.996     Document Type: Article

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