Artificial infestations of beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), used to estimate an economic injury level in tomato

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-274

  Taylor, James E ^a   Riley, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beet armyworm; Economic injury level; Spodoptera exigua; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRUIT; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 36549064127     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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