Degree-day models for predicting levels of attack by slash pine flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) and the phenology of female strobilus development on slash pine

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-735

  Fatzinger, Carl W ^a   Dixcon, Wayne N ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

degree day model; Gnophothrips fuscus; Pinus elliottii

Indexed keywords

FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS ELLIOTTII DENSA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0030497730     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.4.727     Document Type: Article

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