Effects of a killed-cover crop mulching system on sweetpotato production, soil pests, and insect predators in South Carolina

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1871-1880

  Jackson, D Michael ^a   Harrison Jr , Howard F ^a  

^a USDA ARS US Vegetable Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Ipomoea batatas; No till; Pitfall traps

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SWEET POTATO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOIL; SOUTH CAROLINA;

ALTICINI; AVENA SATIVA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE; CURCULIONIDAE; DIABROTICA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; POACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; STAPHYLINIDAE; SYSTENA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM;

EID: 57849110581     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1871     Document Type: Article

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