Potato trap crops for control of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in tomatoes

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-412

  Hunt, D W A ^a   Whitfield, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; POTATO; TOMATO; TRAP CROP; YIELD;

EID: 0029660104     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent128407-3     Document Type: Article

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