Consumption of residue containing cucurbitacin feeding stimulant and reduced rates of carbaryl insecticide by western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1428-1433

  Behle, Robert W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbaryl; Consumption; Cucurbitacin; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Mortality

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; CARBARIL; CUCURBITACINS; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ANIMALS; APPETITE STIMULANTS; BEETLES; CARBARYL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 0035756530     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1428     Document Type: Article

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