The impact of insecticides on beneficial arthropods in cotton agro- ecosystems in South Africa

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Van Hamburg, H ^a   Guest, P J ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COTTON; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; EGGS; GOSSYPIUM; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NITRILES; PEST CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; INSECTA; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 0031022101     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900156     Document Type: Article

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