Evaluating risk of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) infestation as a function of migratory distance

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-441

  Weisz, Randall ^a   Smilowitz, Zane ^b   Fleischer, Shelby ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crop rotation; infestation; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; migratory distance

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030482460     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.2.435     Document Type: Article

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