Monitoring of European corn borer with pheromone-baited traps: Review of trapping system basics and remaining problems

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1797-1807

  Laurent, Pélozuelo ^a   Frérot, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Blacklight trap; Mesh cone trap; Monitoring; Sticky trap; Water pan trap

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 38049103085     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/100.6.1797     Document Type: Article

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