Droplet size and spray volume effects on insecticide deposit and mortality of heliothine (lepidoptera: noctuidae) larvae in cotton

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 640-647

  Reed, J T ^a   Smith, D B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Deposit; Droplet size; Heliothis virescens; Insecticide; Volumetric application rate

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT CONTROL; LABORATORY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GOSSYPIUM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LABORATORIES; LARVA; MOTHS; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0035379223     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.640     Document Type: Article

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