Influence of fruit on sampling and control of adult boll weevils in cotton

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Raulston, J R ^a   Spurgeon, D W ^a   Sparks Jr , A N ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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