Influence of buffalograss management practices on western chinch bug and its beneficial arthropods

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Carstens, Jeffrey ^a   Heng Moss, Tiffany ^a   Baxendale, Frederick ^a   Gaussoin, Roch ^a   Frank, Kevin ^b   Young, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial arthropods; Blissus occiduus; Buffalograss; Sampling; Western chinch bugs

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROPTERA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPIDER; TIME; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HETEROPTERA; NITROGEN; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BLISSUS OCCIDUUS; BUCHLOE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GEOCORIS; HETEROPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 33947253229     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[136:IOBMPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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