Deterrent effects of four neem-based formulations on gravid female boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) feeding and oviposition on cotton squares

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 414-421

  Showler, A T ^a   Greenberg, S M ^a   Arnason, J T ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Azadirachtin; Boll weevil; Cotton; Neem

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 2342510318     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.2.414     Document Type: Article

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