Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) mitigation in seedling cotton using strip tillage and winter cover crops

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1089-1095

  Toews, Michael D ^a   Tubbs, R Scott ^b   Wann, Dylan Q ^b   Sullivan, Dana ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Turf Scout LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Frankliniella fusca; Frankliniella occidentalis; Frankliniella tritici; Integrated pest management; Percentage ground cover; Seed treatment

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COTTON; GROUND COVER; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEED TREATMENT; SYMPTOM; THRIPS; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTTON; EVALUATION; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; GOSSYPIUM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; SEEDLING;

UNITED STATES;

FRANKLINIELLA FUSCA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77957048066     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1983     Document Type: Article

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