Evaluation of Alternative Tactics for Management of Insecticide-Resistant Horn Flies (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 892-901

  Steelman, C D ^a,b   McNew, R W ^a,b   Simpson, R B ^a,c   Rorie, R W ^a,b   Phillips, J M ^a,d   Rosenkrans Jr , C F ^a,b  

^a Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahman breeding; Hematobia irritans irritans; IGR bolus; Innate fly resistance; Mechanical trap; Pasture rotation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEMATOBIA IRRITANS; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0242659047     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.3.892     Document Type: Article

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