Imidacloprid Effects on Acalymma vittata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Bacterial Wilt in Cantaloupe

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 940-949

  Fleischer, Shelby J ^a,b   Orzolek, Michael D ^a,b   De Mackiewicz, Donald ^a,b   Otjen, Lewis ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Entomology ^*

Author keywords

Acalymma vittata; Bacterial wilt; Cantaloupe; Cucurbits; Erwinia tracheiphila; Imidacloprid

Indexed keywords

ACALYMMA; ACALYMMA VITTATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS MELO; ERWINIA; ERWINIA TRACHEIPHILA; MELO;

EID: 0041579472     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.4.940     Document Type: Article

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