Natural mortality of helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) eggs in the cotton ecosystem

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Kumar, S ^a   Saini, R K ^b   Ram, P ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton; Egg mortality; Helicoverpa armigera; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Parasitization; Trichogramma chilonis

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS;

EID: 69249087361     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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