Row Covers: Effects of Wool and Other Materials on Pest Numbers, Microclimate, and Crop Quality

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1661-1664

  Evans, Alison ^a   Wratten, Stephen ^a   Frampton, Chris ^a   Causer, Simon ^a,b   Hamilton, Maree ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cloche; Row cover; Vegetable; Wool

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARTOGEIA RAPAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; GASTROPODA; INSECTA; LACTUCA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PLEBEIA; SARASINULA PLEBEIA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0011986646     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.6.1661     Document Type: Article

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