Evaluation of Shin-Etsu twist-tie rope dispensers by the mating table technique for disrupting mating of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-148

  Kehat, M ^a   Anshelevich, L ^a   Gordon, D ^a   Harel, M ^a   Dunkelblum, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT FORMULATION; COTTON BOLLWORM; MATING DISRUPTION; PHEROMONE; PINK BOLLWORM;

ISRAEL;

GELECHIIDAE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 0031976919     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300025712     Document Type: Article

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