Comparison of predator and pest communities in Washington potato fields treated with broad-spectrum, selective, or organic insecticides

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Koss, Amanda M ^a   Jensen, Andrew S ^a,b   Schreiber, Alan ^a,c   Pike, Keith S ^a   Snyder, William E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State Potato Commission   (United States)

^c Agriculture Development Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalist predators; Hard insecticides; Organic agriculture; Soft insecticides; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC FARMING; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR;

COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GEOCORIS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; LINYPHIIDAE; LYGAEIDAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; NABIDAE; NABIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 13544256392     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.1.87     Document Type: Article

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