Flight activity of the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica F. (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), in relation to weather

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 616-624

  Edde, Peter A ^a,b   Phillips, Thomas W ^a   Nansen, Christian ^a   Payton, Mark E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pheromones; Predictive models; Regression; Stored products; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BEETLE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; PHEROMONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA;

EID: 33750238132     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.616     Document Type: Article

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