Monitoring and detection of the swede midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 700-712

  Hallett, Rebecca H ^a   Goodfellow, Sheila A ^a   Heal, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; FLY; LIGHT EFFECT; MONITORING; PHEROMONE TRAP; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPOBRASSICA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTARINIA NASTURTII; DIPTERA;

EID: 34948848675     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n05-071     Document Type: Article

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