Occurrence and abundance of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) arthropod pests in Oklahoma

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-110

  Dogramaci, Mahmut ^a   Lu, Wenhua ^a   Roberts, B Warren ^a   Shrefler, Jim W ^a   Payton, Mark ^a   Taylor, Merritt J ^a   Edelson, J V ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALYMMA; ACARI; ACARIFORMES; ANASA; ANASA TRISTIS; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; COLEOPTERA; COREIDAE; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS;

EID: 4043086360     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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