Seasonal population dynamics of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Florida sugarcane fields

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-430

  Cherry, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elateridae; Sugarcane; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEETLE; CROP DAMAGE; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; SUGAR CANE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34948859387     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[426:SPDOWC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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