Effects of soil management on crop nitrogen and insect damage in organic vs. conventional tomato fields

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 179-187

  Letourneau, D K ^a   Drinkwater, L E ^b,c   Shennan, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Rodale Institute Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical discriminant analysis; Fertilizer; Herbivory; Insect injury; Insect plant interactions; Nitrogen; Nutritional ecology; Solanum esculentum

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANACEAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0030475255     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01027-4     Document Type: Article

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