Evaluation of sampling methods and development of sample plans for estimating predator densities in cotton

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1501-1509

  Knutson, Allen E ^a   Muegge, Mark A ^a   Wilson, L T ^a   Naranjo, Steve E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beat bucket; Beneficial arthropods; Cotton; Orius; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOOD CHAIN; GOSSYPIUM; HEMIPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COCCINELLIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ORIUS;

EID: 50849103645     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1501:EOSMAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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