Population Dynamics of Whitefringed Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Sweet Potato in Alabama

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 727-735

  Zehnder, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding damage; Naupactus spp.; Population dynamics; Sampling; Sweet potato; Whitefringed beetle

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEUCOLOMA; NAUPACTUS; NAUPACTUS LEUCOLOMA; NAUPACTUS PEREGRINUS; PEREGRINUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0642300829     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.727     Document Type: Article

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