Imidacloprid applied through drip irrigation as a new promising alternative to control mealybugs in tunisian vineyards;Nawadnianie Kropelkowe Imidachloprydem Obiecujaca Alternatywa Zwalczania Welnowcowatych Na Plantacjach Winogron W Tunezji

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Mansour, Ramzi ^a,b   Youssfi, Fatma ^a   Lebdi, Kaouthar ^a   Rezgui, Salah ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

drip irrigation system; imidacloprid; Integrated Pest Management; mealybugs; Tunisia; vineyard

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 77957984433     PISSN: 14274345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10045-010-0054-9     Document Type: Article

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