Effects of Nitrogen Source on Arthropod Biomass in No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage Grain Sorghum Agroecosystems

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-37

  Yates Blumberg, Andrea J ^a   Hendrix, Paul F ^b   Crossley Jr , D A ^b  

^a Box 4 Unit 8135   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Nitrogen; No tillage; Sorghum; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SECALE CEREALE; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; STREPSIPTERA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM;

EID: 0039730754     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.1.31     Document Type: Article

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