Evaluation of insecticides and application methods against Contarinia nasturtii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a new invasive insect pest in the United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Wu, Qing Jun ^a,b   Zhao, Jian Zhou ^a   Taylor, Alan G ^a   Shelton, Anthony M ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Contarinia nasturtii; Insecticide efficacy; Invasive insect pest

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SOIL; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRASSICA; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CONTARINIA NASTURTII; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750289828     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2006)099[0117:EOIAAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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