Toxicity of systemic neonicotinoid insecticides to avocado thrips in nursery avocado trees

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 860-866

  Byrne, Frank J ^a   Toscano, Nick C ^a   Urena, Anthony A ^a   Morse, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado thrips; Clothianidin; Dinotefuran; Imidacloprid; Scirtothrips perseae; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

((E) 1 (2 CHLORO 1,3 THIAZOL 5 YLMETHYL) 3 METHYL 2 NITROGUANIDINE); ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); DINOTEFURAN; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMETHOXAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; EVERGREEN TREE; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; THRIPS; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BIOASSAY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MORTALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GUANIDINES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; MORTALITY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; PERSEA; THIAZOLES;

PERSEA AMERICANA; SCIRTOTHRIPS PERSEAE;

EID: 34548321237     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1413     Document Type: Article

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