The influence of macronutrient fertilization on diamondback moth infestation on head cabbage

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-95

  McHugh, John J ^a   Foster, Rick E ^b  

^a HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop nutrition; Insecta; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010300003     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v01n02_07     Document Type: Article

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