Controlling factors of environmental flooding, soil pH and Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) root weevil feeding in citrus: Larval survival and larval growth

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-565

  Li, Hong ^a,b   McCoy, Clay W ^a   Syvertsen, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus rootstock; Diaprepes root weevil; Flooding; Larval survival; Liming; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

CARRIZO; CITRUS; DIAPREPES; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; INSECTA;

EID: 33846170938     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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