Field evaluation of a helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) damage simulation model: Effects of irrigation, H. zea density, and time of damage on cotton yield

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1174-1183

  Chilcutt, Charles F ^a   Wilson, L T ^a   Lascano, Robert J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Cotton; Helicoceqm zea; Simulation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTTON; CROP; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GOSSYPIUM; LARVA; MOTHS; PLANT DISEASES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0141906786     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.4.1174     Document Type: Article

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