Biological and chemical control of the Asiatic garden beetle, Maladera castanea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1076-1082

  Koppenhöfer, Albrecht M ^a   Fuzy, Eugene M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomopathogenic nematodes; Hetcrorhabditis; Insecticides; Maladera castanea; Steinernema

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; NEMATODE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CARBAMATES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITOIDEA;

EID: 0141941119     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.4.1076     Document Type: Article

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