Boll weevil eradication: Area-wide pest management

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-247

  Smith, James W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area wide; Boll weevil; Cotton; Eradication; Insect pests

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

BOLL WEEVIL; COTTON; ERADICATION PROGRAMME; PEST MANAGEMENT;

USA;

EID: 0031880212     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.3.239     Document Type: Article

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