Temporal dynamics of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), immigration into an apple orchard in Massachusetts

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 413-422

  Piñero, Jaime C ^a,b   Prokopy, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degree days; Dynamics; Immigration; Odor baited traps; Plum curculio

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMMERCIALIZATION; DATA SET; HOST PLANT; IMMIGRATION; INSECT; ORCHARD; PHENOLOGY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; CURCULIONIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 33750213830     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.413     Document Type: Article

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