Monitoring adult activity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) with Yellow Sticky Traps and its relationship with actual field population in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Attique, M R ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a   Mohyuddin, A I ^b  

^a CENTRAL COTTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b Intgd Pest Mgmt Consultants Ltd   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adult catches; Bemisia tabaci; Cotton; Trap designs; Within plant distribution

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP PEST; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TRAPPING;

PAKISTAN;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0033490630     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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