Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bait Sticks: Toxicity and Malathion Content

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 311-321

  Villavaso, Eric J ^a   Mulrooney, Joseph E ^a,b   McGovern, William L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Boll weevil; Malathion; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0242663334     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.2.311     Document Type: Article

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