Effects of application of various reduced-risk pesticides to tomato, with notes on control of greenhouse whitefly

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Sclar, D Casey ^a,b   Gerace, Daniel ^a   Tupy, Andrea ^a   Wilson, Karen ^a   Spriggs, S Aaron ^a   Bishop, R Jason ^a   Cranshaw, Whitney S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Longwood Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Detergent; Neem; Oil; Phytotoxicity; Soap; Trialuerodes vaporarium

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0032905737     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.2.185     Document Type: Article

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