Monitoring plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), populations in apple and peach orchards in the mid-atlantic

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Leskey, Tracy C ^a   Wright, Starker E ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzaldehyde; Conotrachelus nenuphar; Grandisoic acid; Monitoring traps; Plum curculio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS; CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 1542752369     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.1.79     Document Type: Article

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