Control of woolly aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) (Hemiptera: Pemphigidae) on mature apple trees using insecticide soil-root drenches

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-11

  Nicholas, Adrian H ^a   Spooner Hart, Robert N ^b   Vickers, Richard A ^c  

^a Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imidacloprid; Root drenching; Subterranean infestation

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ERIOSOMA LANIGERUM; ERIOSOMATIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PEMPHIGIDAE;

EID: 0037424097     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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