Creating point sources for codling moth (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) with low-volume sprays of a microencapsulated sex pheromone formulation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1136-1144

  Knight, A L ^b   Larsen, T E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Suterra LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Competitive attraction; Cydia pomonella; Mating disruption; Pest management

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ENCAPSULATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING DISRUPTION; MOTH; ORCHARD; PHEROMONE TRAP; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PLANT LEAF; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; MALE; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CYDIA POMONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 56049114683     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1136:CPSFCM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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