Control of maize pests with imidacloprid seed dressing treatment in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) under traditional crop conditions

Crop Protection

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 943-950

  Pons, Xavier ^a   Albajes, R ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphids; Corn borers; Imidacloprid; Leafhoppers; Maize; Soil pests

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; SEED;

SPAIN;

AGRIOTES LINEATUS; AGROTIS SEGETUM; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES; SESAMIA NONARGIOIDES; ZYGINIDIA SCUTELLARIS;

EID: 0036896414     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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