Estimating the impact of Lygus hesperus on cotton: The insect, plant, and human observer as sources of variability

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1141-1153

  Rosenheim, Jay A ^a   Steinmann, Kimberly ^a   Langellotto, Gail A ^a   Zink, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gossypium hirsutum; Lygus hesperus; Sampling error; Variable insect behavior; Variable plant responses

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; HERBIVORE; INSECT; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTHROPODA; GEOCORIS PALLENS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; LYGUS HESPERUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS;

EID: 33845249695     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1141:ETIOLH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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