Plant spacing and weed control affect sunflower stalk insects and the girdling behavior of dectes texanus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1044-1053

  Michaud, J P ^a   Stahlman, P W ^b   Jyoti, J L ^a   Grant, A K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia hubbardi; Cylindrocopturus adspersus; Lodging; Plant population; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SUNFLOWER; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE; HELIANTHUS; INSECT CONTROL; KANSAS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYLINDROCOPTURUS ADSPERSUS; DECTES TEXANUS; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 68149163337     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0324     Document Type: Article

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