Odor-baited trap trees: A novel management tool for plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1302-1309

  Leskey, Tracy C ^a   Piñero, Jaime C ^b,c   Prokopy, Ronald J ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conotrachelus nenuphar; Integrated pest management; Pheromone; Plum curculio; Weevil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FRUIT; INSECT CONTROL; MALUS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; ODORS; VERMONT;

COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; CURCULIONIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 50849132894     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1302:OTTANM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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