Placement of Pheromone Traps within the Vegetation Canopy to Enhance Capture of Male European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 795-800

  Mason, Charles E ^a   Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^a,b   Pesek Jr , John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microenvironment; Ostrinia nubilalis; Pheromone; Sampling

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PYRALIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0012855650     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.3.795     Document Type: Article

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