Ethyl formate as a postharvest fumigant for selected pests of table grapes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1084-1090

  Simpson, T ^a   Bikoba, V ^a,b   Tipping, C ^a   Mitcham, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

'thompson seedless'; Carbon dioxide; Controlled atmosphere; Frankliniella occidentalis; Platynota stultana; Pseudococcus maritimus; Quarantine; Tetranychus pacificus

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GRAPE; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID ESTERS; FUMIGATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PESTICIDES; VITIS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARCHIPS PURPURANA; ARTHROPODA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; PLATYNOTA STULTANA; PSEUDOCOCCUS MARITIMUS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS PACIFICUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 34548172947     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1084:EFAAPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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