The effect of soil depth and exposure to winter conditions on survival of the potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-339

  Doǧramaci, Mahmut ^a   Rondon, Silvia I ^a   DeBano, Sandra J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia Basin; Diapause; Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera; Overwintering; Pupal case; Solanum tuberosum; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; DIAPAUSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOTH; OVERWINTERING; POTATO; PUPA; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL SURFACE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 56049095995     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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