Laboratory evaluation of lufenuron on immature stages of potato tuber moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1741-1743

  Edomwande, Emmanuel O ^a   Schoeman, A T S ^a   Brits, Johann A ^a,b   Van Der Merwe, Mac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Metso Minerals (South Africa) Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Lufenuron; Phthorimaea operculella

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHITIN; FLUPHENACUR; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CHITIN; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PUPA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034564749     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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