Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) identity, monitoring and damage in sugarcane

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-303

  Samson, Peter R ^b   Calder, Andrew A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agrypnus; Baits; Conoderus; Heteroderes; Monitoring; Taylor's power law

Indexed keywords

AGRYPNUS; ARUNDINARIA; AVENA; COLEOPTERA; CONODERUS; ELATERIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0042859927     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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