Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), oviposition: A variant's response to maize phenology

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-434

  Pierce, C M F ^a,b   Gray, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Maize; Selection pressure; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PEST; CROP ROTATION; HATCHING; MAIZE; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PLANTATION; SOYBEAN;

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY [ILLINOIS]; ILLINOIS; MONMOUTH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URBANA;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750213246     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.423     Document Type: Article

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