Quantitative assessment of biotic mortality factors of the european corn borer (lepidoptera: crambidae) in field corn

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 617-622

  Phoofolo, Mpho W ^a,b   Obrycki, John J ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coleomegilla maculata; Natural control; Nosema pyrausta; Ostrinia nubilalis; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; MOTHS; OVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035376007     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.617     Document Type: Article

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