Effects of Shelterbelts on the Aerial Destribution of Insect Pests in Muskmelon

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Dix, Mary Ellen ^a   Hodges, Laurie ^b   Brandle, James R ^b   Wright, Robert J ^b   Harrell, Mark O ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomelid pests; Cucumis melo; Cucurbttaceae; Insect ecology; Shelterbelts

Indexed keywords

INSECT PEST; LACEWING; LADYBIRD; MUSKMELON; NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM; SHELTERBELT; SOUTHERN CORN ROOTWORM; WASP; WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM;

ACALYMMA VITTATUM; ARANEAE; BRACONIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABROTICA BARBERI; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PLANIPENNIA;

EID: 0031474169     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v09n02_03     Document Type: Article

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