Toxicity, Persistence, and Potency of Sabadilla Alkaloid Formulations to Citrus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 326-332

  Hare, J Daniel ^a   Morse, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cevadine; Citrus pest management; Sabadilla alkaloids; Scirtothrips citri; Veratran; Veratridine

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; SCIRTOTHRIPS; SCIRTOTHRIPS CITRI; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0242562509     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.2.326     Document Type: Article

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