Can economic injury levels be derived for sugarcane weevil borer, Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in far-northern Queensland?

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-71

  Sallam, Mohamed N ^a   McAvoy, Catherine A ^b   Puglisi, Garrad D ^c   Hopkins, Alan M ^c  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^b Innisfail Hospital   (Australia)

^c Mulgrave Central Mill ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic injury level; Rhabdoscelus obscurus; Sugarcane weevil borer

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHABDOSCELUS OBSCURUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 2342587341     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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