Economic Injury Levels for Western Flower Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Greenhouse Sweet Pepper

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 671-677

  Shipp, J L ^a   Binns, M R ^a   Hao, X ^a   Wang, K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult thrips; Economic injury level; Frankliniella occidentalis; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008188158     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.3.671     Document Type: Article

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