Eliminating thrips from in vitro shoot cultures of apple with insecticides

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Bhagwat, Basdeo ^a   Lane, W David ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acephate; Dichlorvos; Frankliniella occidentalis; Imidacloprid; Malus xdomestica; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDES; TOXICITY;

APPLE SHOOT CULTURES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0037294099     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.1.97     Document Type: Article

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