Manipulating fertilization: A management tactic against Frankliniella occidentalis on potted chrysanthemum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-209

  Chau, Amanda ^a   Heinz, Kevin M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendranthema grandiflora; Plant productivity; Postproduction longevity; Production time; Thripidae; Thrips abundance; Thysanoptera; Western flower thrips

Indexed keywords

CROP; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERB; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THRIPS;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM X MORIFOLIUM; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 33747143697     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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