Soil-applied imidacloprid is translocated to nectar and kills nectar-feeding Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1238-1245

  Krischik, Vera A ^a,b   Landmark, Alyson L ^a   Heimpel, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagyrus pseudococci; Biological control; Imidacloprid; Nectar feeding; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRONE; HYDROXYACID; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NECTAR; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; SURVIVORSHIP; WHEAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAGOPYRUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; SOIL; WASP;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; FAGOPYRUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; HYDROXY ACIDS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOIL; WASPS;

ANAGYRUS PSEUDOCOCCI; APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CHRYSOPERLA; CHRYSOPIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; ENCYRTIDAE; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; HELIANTHUS; HYMENOPTERA; LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA; POLYGONACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35648941715     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1238:SIITTN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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