Economic Threshold for Three Lepidopterous Larval Pests of Fresh-Market Cabbage in Southeastern New Brunswick

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 699-707

  Maltais, P M ^a   Nuckle, J R ^a   Leblanc, P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Economic threshold; Pieris rapae; Plutella xylostella; Tricoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001656649     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.3.699     Document Type: Article

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