Physiological time model for predicting adult emergence of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Texas high plains

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1584-1593

  Stevenson, Douglass E ^a,b   Michels, Gerald J ^c   Bible, John B ^c   Jackman, John A ^a   Harris, Marvin K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn rootworm; Physiological time model

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54449099871     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/101.5.1584     Document Type: Article

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