Impact of insecticide efficacy on developing action thresholds for pest management: A case study of onion thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on onion

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1315-1326

  Nault, Brian A ^a   Shelton, Anthony M ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

action threshold; Allium cepa; insecticide; Thrips tabaci

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; ONION; PARASITOLOGY; TIME; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; LARVA; ONIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA; THRIPIDAE; THRIPS TABACI; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 77955324352     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10096     Document Type: Article

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