The effect of tillage regime, row spacing, and seeding rate on feeding damage by flea beetles, Phyllotreta spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in canola in central Alberta, Canada

Crop Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Dosdalla, L M ^a   Dolinski, M G ^b   Cowlea, N T ^a   Conway, P M ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canola; Cultural control; Phyllotreta spp

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; TILLAGE;

CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PHYLLOTRETA; PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA;

EID: 0033118817     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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