Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Incidence and Diversity in Iowa Conservation Reserve Environments

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 312-317

  Lefko, Stephen A ^a   Pedigo, Larry P ^a   Rice, Marlin E ^a   Batchelor, William D ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Pest potential; Wireworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001400462     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.312     Document Type: Article

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