Physical control of leafhoppers

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1337-1340

  Weintraub, Phyllis G ^a   Pivonia, Shimon ^b   Gera, Abed ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Northern and Central Arava Tamar   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circulifer spp.; Exitianus capicola; Orosius orientalis; Physical control; UV absorbing plastic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CARRIER; FLYING; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; PLUMBAGINACEAE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; PLUMBAGINACEAE;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CICADELLIDAE; CIRCULIFER; EXITIANUS CAPICOLA; LIMONIUM; OROSIUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 50849126798     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1337:PCOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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