Masting Enhancement Makes Pecan Nut Casebearer Pecans Ally Against Pecan Weevil

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1005-1010

  Harris, Marvin ^a   Chung, Chung Soo ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrobasis; Carya; Curculio; Insect plant mutualism; Pecan nut casebearer; Pecan weevil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000943802     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.5.1005     Document Type: Review

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