Effects of planting dates on boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and cotton fruit in the subtropics

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 796-804

  Showler, A T ^a   Greenberg, S M ^a   Scott Jr , A W ^b   Robinson, J R C ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Rio Farms Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Cotton; Partial budgeting; Planting date; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 20544466221     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.3.796     Document Type: Article

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