Suitability of commercially available insect traps and pheromones for monitoring dusky sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and related insects in bt sweet corn

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 856-861

  Dowd, Patrick F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpophilus lugubris; Helicoverpa zea; Insect predators; Ostrinia nubilalis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CARPOPHILUS LUGUBRIS; COLEOPTERA; GLISCHROCHILUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NITIDULIDAE; ORIUS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20544465181     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.3.856     Document Type: Article

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