Variation in Abundance and Feeding Impact of Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) for Different Cultivars of Strawberry: Role of Flowering Phenology and Yield Attributes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 433-440

  Rhainds, Marc ^a,b   English Loeb, Greg ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lygus lineolaris; Resistant cultivars; Strawberry; Tarnished plant bug

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYGUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0242494868     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.2.433     Document Type: Article

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