Tarnished plant bug (hemiptera: Miridae) thresholds and sampling comparisons for flowering cotton in the midsouthern United States

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1827-1836

  Musser, Fred R ^a   Catchot, Angus L ^a   Stewart, Scott D ^b   Bagwell, Ralph D ^c   Lorenz, Gus M ^d   Tindall, Kelly V ^e   Studebaker, Glenn E ^f   Leonard, B Rogers ^c   Akin, D Scott ^g   Cook, Donald R ^h   Daves, Chris A ^h  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^h MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic injury level (EIL); Economic threshold; Gossypium hirsutum; Lygus lineolaris

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; MIRIDAE;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COTTON FIBER; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; GOSSYPIUM; HEMIPTERA; INSECTICIDES; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449172474     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0513     Document Type: Article

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