Absorption and Translaminar Activity of Abamectin in Apple and Pear Foliage as Determined by Spider Mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) Mortality

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 566-573

  Beers, E H ^a   Andersen, A ^a   Brown, R D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abamectin; Apple; Panonychus ulmi; Pear; Tetranychus urticae; Translaminar activity

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANONYCHUS ULMI; PYRUS COMMUNIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

EID: 0009339670     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.566     Document Type: Article

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