Quadrat sample precision and cost with a high-vacuum insect sampling machine in cotton ecosystems

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 722-728

  Ellington, Joe ^a   Southward, Morris ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Cotton; Insectavac; Precision; Quadrat size and number; Sampling

Indexed keywords

INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; HIRSUTUM; INSECTA;

EID: 0032830619     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.722     Document Type: Article

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