Field efficacy of Imidacloprid and Steinernema carpocapsae in a chitosan formulation against the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Phoenix canariensis

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Dembilio, Óscar ^a,b   Llácer, Elena ^a,b   de Altube, María del Mar Martínez ^c   Jacas, Josep A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c Idebio SL   (Spain)

^d Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi Natural   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Imidacloprid; Mortality; Phoenix canariensis; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; Steinernemacarpocapse

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

BEETLE; CHITIN; FIELDWORK; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEMATODE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; CHITOSAN; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; SOIL; WEEVILS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PHOENIX CANARIENSIS; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 77949297034     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1882     Document Type: Article

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