Stable Fly, House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae), and Other Nuisance Fly Development in Poultry Litter Associated with Horticultural Crop Production

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1352-1357

  Cook, D F ^a   Dadour, I R ^a,b   Keals, N J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flies; Horticulture; Poultry manure; Turf; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORA DUBIA; DIPTERA; FANNIA; HYDROTAEA ROSTRATA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCINA STABULANS; OVIS ARIES; ROSTRATA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSE FLY; MANURE; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION; TIME; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HOUSEFLIES; MANURE; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0033254443     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.6.1352     Document Type: Article

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