Sampling for the sugarcane borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on sugarcane in Louisiana

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 766-771

  Schexnayder Jr , H P ^a,b   Reagan, T E ^a   Ring, D R ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana Dept Agric and Forest   (United States)

^c Louisiana Coop Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Sequential sampling; Sugarcane; Sugarcane borer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTH; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; LOUISIANA; MOTHS; POACEAE;

EID: 0035379988     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.766     Document Type: Article

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