Dosage-mortality responses of third instars of beet armyworm (lepidoptera: noctuidae) to selected insecticides

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-140

  Mascarenhas, V J ^a,b   Graves, J B ^a,b   Leonard, B R ^a,c   Burris, E ^a,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Entomology ^*  (United States)

^c Macon Ridge Res Stn   (United States)

^d Northeast Research Station LSU Agricultural Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Diet bioassays; Insecticide toxicity; Resistance; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007812711     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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