Effect of insecticides used in corn, sorghum, and alfalfa on the predator Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1353-1360

  Al Deeb, Mohammad A ^a   Wilde, Gerald E ^a   Zhu, Kun Yan ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Mortality; Orius insidiosus; Sorghum bicolor; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PREDATION; SOIL;

ANIMALS; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEEDS; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035752970     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1353     Document Type: Article

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