Effect of bunch sanitation on spatial distributions of abscised fruit and phycitine moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in California Date Gardens

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1773-1780

  Nay, Justin E ^a   Park, Yong Lak ^b   Perring, Thomas M ^c  

^a Scientific Methods Inc   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural management; Ectomyelois ceratoniae; Geographic information system; SADIE

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYELOIS CERATONIAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 38049174381     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/100.6.1773     Document Type: Article

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