Occurrence of the orange wheat blossom midge [Diptera : Cecidomyiidae] in Quebec and its incidence on wheat grain microflora

Phytoprotection

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Mongrain, Danielle ^b   Couture, Luc ^b   Dubuc, Jean Pierre ^b   Comeau, André ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; SITODIPLOSIS MOSELLANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0007461525     PISSN: 00319511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/706115ar     Document Type: Article

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