Slug damage in relation to watering regime

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 273-275

  Speiser, Bernhard ^a   Hochstrasser, Marcel ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b Fliederweg 6 ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultural control; Molluscicide; Slugs

Indexed keywords

PEST DAMAGE; SLUG; SOIL MOISTURE;

SWITZERLAND;

GASTROPODA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0031734184     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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