Influence of foliar-applied Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis and an early potato harvest on abundance and overwinter survival of Colorado potato beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in North Carolina

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1165-1171

  Nault, Brian A ^a,b   Kennedy, George G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Overwinter; Survival; Tenebrionis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEFOLIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR TENEBRIONIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032745816     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.5.1165     Document Type: Article

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