Management of stored wheat insect pests in the USA

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-143

  Hagstrum, David W ^a   Reed, Carl ^b   Kenkel, Phil ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Area wide IPM; Biological control; Grain sampling; Insect monitoring; Integrated pest management; Modeling; Stored grain; Wheat

Indexed keywords

GRAIN CROP; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; WHEAT;

UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033399146     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009682410810     Document Type: Review

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