Emergence, movement, and host plants of boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Delta of Mississippi

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 130-139

  Harder, D D ^a   Jones, G D ^b   Adams, L C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Grandlure; Host plants; Movement; Pheromone; Traps

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS; RHUS;

EID: 0032966709     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.1.130     Document Type: Article

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