Effect of selected insecticides on Homalodisca coagulata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) and transmission of oleander leaf scorch in a greenhouse study

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1031-1036

  Bethke, James A ^a   Blua, Matthew J ^a   Redak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homalodisca coagulata; Nerium oleander; Oleander leaf scorch; Vector

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 0035490058     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.5.1031     Document Type: Article

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