Effect of buckwheat as a flowering border on populations of cucumber beetles and their natural enemies in cucumber and squash

Crop Protection

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 305-313

  Platt, J O ^a   Caldwell, J S ^a   Kok, L T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalymma vittatum; Cucurbita pepo; Fagopyrum esculentum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 0033151589     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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