Optimization of Soil Insecticide Rates for Managing Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Larvae in the North Central United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1332-1340

  Fuller, B W ^a   Boetel, M A ^a   Walgenbach, D D ^b   Grundler, J A ^c   Hein, G L ^d   Jarvi, K J ^e   Keaster, A J ^c   Landis, D A ^f   Meinke, L J ^e   Oleson, J D ^g   Ostlie, K R ^b   Tollefson, J J ^g   Wedberg, J L ^h   Wilde, G E ⁱ   Evenson, P D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application rate; Diabrotica; Economic injury level; Insecticide

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA BARBERI; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001101659     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1332     Document Type: Article

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