Efficacy and environmental fate of alphacypermethrin applied to rice fields for the control of chironomid midge larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-272

  Helliwell, S ^a   Stevens, M M ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alphacypermethrin; Chironomidae; Chlorpyrifos

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; PEST SPECIES; RICE;

AUSTRALIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TEPPERI; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034632945     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(00)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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