Reduced insecticide rates and strip-harvesting: Effect on arthropod predator abundance in first-growth alfalfa

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 160-168

  Giles, Kristopher ^a   Obrycki, John ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALFALFA; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PREDATOR;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYPERA POSTICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0031544847     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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