Pest status of American plum borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and fruit tree borer control with synthetic insecticides and entomopathogenic nematodes in New York state

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Kain, David P ^a   Agnello, Arthur M ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematodes; Euzophera semifuneralis; Insecticide efficacy; Pest status

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHLORPYRIFOS; FENVALERATE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

EUZOPHERA; EUZOPHERA SEMIFUNERALIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PRUNUS AMERICANA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PYRALIDAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 0033082105     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.1.193     Document Type: Article

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