Reduced Insecticide Rates and Strip-Harvesting Effects on Alfalfa Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Larval Populations and Prevalence of Zoophthora phytonomi (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 933-944

  Giles, Kristopher L ^a   Obrycki, John J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypera postica; Integrated control; Zoophthora phytonomi

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; HYPERA POSTICA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZOOPHTHORA; ZOOPHTHORA PHYTONOMI;

EID: 0642315226     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.4.933     Document Type: Article

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