Impact of clover root weevil Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae on herbage yield and species composition in a ryegrass-white clover sward

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-392

  Gerard, P J ^a   Hackell, D L ^a   Bell, N L ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clover; Costelytra zealandica; Nematodes; Root herbivory; Sitona lepidus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CULTIVAR; GRASS; HERBIVORY; LARVA; NEMATODE; PEST SPECIES;

COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; CURCULIONIDAE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEMATODA; SITONA HISPIDULUS; SITONA LEPIDUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34548722367     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230709510306     Document Type: Article

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