Economic threshold for plant bugs, Lygus spp. (Heteroptera: Miridae), in canola

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 825-836

  Wise, I L ^a   Lamb, R J ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYGUS; MIRIDAE; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0032424843     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent130825-6     Document Type: Article

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