Effectiveness of thiamethoxam-coated spheres against blueberry maggot flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1473-1479

  Ayyappath, Ramesh ^a   Polavarapu, Sridhar ^a   Mcguire, Michael R ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Highbush blueberries; Imidacloprid insecticide coated spheres; Residual toxicity; Rhagoletis mendax; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; FRUIT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FRUIT; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034297079     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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