Monitoring of the European corn borer (lepidoptera: crambidae) in central Maine

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-263

  Ngollo, Emmanuel D ^a   Groden, Eleanor ^a   Dill, James F ^b   Handley, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

European corn borer; Monitoring; Ostrinia nubilalis; Pest management; Pheromone traps; Sweet corn

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECT CONTROL; MAINE; MOTHS;

EID: 0034168451     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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