Imidacloprid can reduce the impact of the whitegrub Antitrogus parvulus on Australian sugarcane

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1169-1176

  McGill, N G ^a   Bade, G S ^a   Vitelli, R A ^b   Allsopp, P G ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antitrogus parvulus; Childers canegrub; Imidacloprid; Sugarcane whitegrubs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEST CONTROL; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANTITROGUS PARVULUS; ARUNDINARIA; COLEOPTERA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0242410181     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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