Ultraviolet-absorbing plastic sheets protect crops from insect pests and from virus diseases vectored by insects

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 919-924

  Antignus, Yeheskel ^a   Mor, Netta ^a   Joseph, Rachel Ben ^a   Lapidot, Moshe ^a   Cohen, Shlomo ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Bemisia tabaci; Frankliniella occidentalis; Tomato yellow leaf curl virus; Vision behavior

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS;

EID: 0030483489     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.919     Document Type: Article

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