Population dynamics of Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and associated arthropod natural enemies in Honduran subsistence maize

Crop Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1180-1190

  Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^a   O'Neil, Robert J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic conditions; Araneae; Biological control; Carabidae; Earwigs; Formicidae; Insect parasitism; Solenopsis geminata; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; BEETLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; MAIZE; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; NEMATODE; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; SPIDER; WASP;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

ALEIODES LAPHYGMAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; CAMPOLETIS SONORENSIS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; DORU TAENIATUM; FORMICIDAE; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; VESPIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748551070     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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