Evaluation of Seven Sampling Techniques for Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1062-1068

  Simmons, C L ^a   Pedigo, L P ^a   Rice, M E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation reserve program; Sampling; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; ELATERIDAE; MELO; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0004911424     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1062     Document Type: Review

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