Abundance and diversity of ground-dwelling arthropods of pest management importance in commercial Bt and non-Bt cotton fields: Research Article

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Torres, J B ^a,b   Ruberson, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Cicindelinae; Falconia gracilis; Genetically modified cotton; Labiduridae; Predatory heteropterans; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COTTON; DIVERSITY INDEX; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANISODACTYLUS MERULA; APRISTUS LATENS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CALOSOMA SAYI; CARABIDAE; DERMAPTERA; FALCONIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HARPALUS GRAVIS; HARPALUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HETEROPTERA; LABIDURA RIPARIA; LABIDURIDAE; MEGACEPHALA CAROLINA; PARDOSA; SELENOPHORUS PALLIATUS; STAPHYLINIDAE; STENOLOPHUS OCHROPEZUS;

EID: 33846706474     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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