Insecticidal efficacy of abamectin against three stored-product insect pests: Influence of dose rate, temperature, commodity, and exposure interval

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1352-1359

  Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^a   Athanassiou, Christos G ^b   Vayias, Basileios J ^b   Mihail, Spyridon B ^c   Tomanović, Željko ^d  

^a Benaki Phy topathological Institute   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Abamectin; Maize; Stored product pests; Temperature; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; MAIZE; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

HEXAPODA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149100547     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0363     Document Type: Article

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