Effect of pheromone bait stations for sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) on Annona spp. fruit set

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 475-480

  Pena J E ^a   Castineiras A ^a   Bartelt, R ^b   Duncan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNONA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0344172600     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496874     Document Type: Note

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