Comparison of Tall Fescue (Cyperales: Gramineae) to Other Cool-Season Turfgrasses for Tolerance to European Chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1898-1904

  Bughrara, Suleiman S ^a   Smitley, David R ^a   Cappaert, David ^a   Kravchenko, A N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea; Lolium perenne; Poa pratensis; Rhizotrogus majalis; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIMALLON MAJALIS; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; HEXAPODA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; POALES; RHIZOTROGUS MAJALIS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0742323104     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1898     Document Type: Article

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