Control of the sugarcane wireworm Melanotus sakishimensis (Coleoptera: Elateridae) by a fipronil bait

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-133

  Tarora, Kazuhiko ^a   Arakaki, Norio ^a   Uehara, Kazumi ^a   Ishimine, Masato ^a,b   Kobayashi, Aya ^a   Nagayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Sugar Industry and Agricultural Products Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fipronil bait; Melanotus; Sugarcane ratoon; Wireworm

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; MELANOTUS (BEETLE);

EID: 34548309314     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2007.129     Document Type: Article

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