Effect of the red imported fire ant on cotton aphid population density and predation of bollworm and beet armyworm eggs

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Diaz, Rodrigo ^a,b   Knutson, Allen ^a   Bernal, Julio S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Cotton; Helicoverpa zea; Solenopsis invicta; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ABROLOPHUS; ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANTHOCORIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; ARANEAE; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; ORIUS; PSEUDATOMOSCELIS SERIATUS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; ZEA;

EID: 2342520130     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.2.222     Document Type: Article

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