Managing earthworm casts (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in turfgrass using a natural byproduct of tea oil (Camellia sp.) manufacture

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-446

  Potter, Daniel A ^a   Redmond, Carl T ^a   Meepagala, Kumudini M ^b   Williams, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; Camellia oleifera; Lumbricidae; Saponins; Vermicide

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; VEGETABLE OIL;

AIRPORT; ARTHROPOD; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; EARTHWORM; GRASS; MOWING; SOIL FAUNA; TEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; INSECT CONTROL; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SOIL; SPORT; TEA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CAMELLIA; GOLF; INSECT CONTROL; KINETICS; OLIGOCHAETA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT OILS; POACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; AGROTIS IPSILON; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA OLEIFERA; EARTHWORMS (SP.); LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POACEAE;

EID: 77949279595     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1896     Document Type: Article

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