Using trap crops for control of acalymma vittatum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reduces insecticide use in butternut squash

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1101-1107

  Cavanagh, A ^a   Hazzard, R ^a   Adler, L S ^a   Boucher, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalymma vittatum; Butternut squash; Cucurbita maxima; Integrated pest management; Perimeter trap crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUASH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CUCURBITA; INSECT CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACALYMMA VITTATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA TRACHEIPHILA; HEXAPODA; JUGLANS CINEREA;

EID: 61849175037     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0331     Document Type: Article

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