Nonwoven fiber barriers for control of cabbage maggot and onion maggot (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1485-1491

  Hoffmann, Michael P ^a   Kuhar, Thomas P ^a,b   Baird, Joel M ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^a,c   Shelton, Anthony M ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural control; Delia antiqua; Delia radicum; Mechanical control

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; ETHYLENEVINYLACETATE COPOLYMER; GRAPHITE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; COLOR; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; ONION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; CAPSAICIN; CARBON; COLOR; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; ONIONS; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 0035755067     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1485     Document Type: Article

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