Determination of optimum spraying time for chemical control of mulberry scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in tea fields

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Tatara, Akio ^a  

^a Shizuoka Agric Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crawler; Egg batch; Insect pest; Sticky trap; Tea industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033164084     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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