Application of Ultra-Low-Volume Malathion by Air-Assisted Ground Sprayer for Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Control

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 639-645

  Mulrooney, J E ^a   Howard, K D ^a   Hanks, J E ^a   Jones, R G ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air assisted ground sprayer; Anthonomus grandis grandis; Malathion; Ultra low volume application

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

EID: 0001749559     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.639     Document Type: Article

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