Seasonal Activity of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Detected by Pheromone Traps in the Rolling Plains of Texas

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1203-1219

  Parajulee, M N ^a   Slosser, J E ^a   Boring III, E P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bollworm; Cotton pest management; Monitoring; Moon phase; Pheromone trapping; Tobacco budworm

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NOCTUIDAE; ZEA;

EID: 0000646154     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1203     Document Type: Article

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