Reducing tuber damage by potato tuberworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) with cultural practices and Insecticides

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1306-1311

  Clough, G H ^a   Rondon, S I ^a   Debano, S J ^a   David, N ^b   Hamm, P B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desiccation; insecticide application timing; integrated pest management; irrigation; Phthorimaea operculella

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 77955319734     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09065     Document Type: Article

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