Harmonic radar: Efficacy at detecting and recovering insects on agricultural host plants

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Boiteau, Gilles ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a   Meloche, François ^a   Leskey, Tracy C ^b   Colpitts, Bruce G ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Distribution; Movement; Spread

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DATA SET; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MAIZE; MOVEMENT; ORCHARD; POTATO; RADAR; TRACKING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CROP; INSTRUMENTATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; TELECOMMUNICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENTOMOLOGY; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; RADAR; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

CONOTRACHELUS NENUPHAR; DIABROTICA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650993404     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2054     Document Type: Article

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