Impact of brown stink bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) feeding on corn grain yield components and quality

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2072-2079

  Ni, Xinzhi ^a   Da, Kedong ^b,c   Buntin, G David ^b   Cottrell, Ted E ^a   Tillman, P Glynn ^a   Olson, Dawn M ^a   Powell Jr , Robert ^a,d   Lee, R Dewey ^e   Wilson, Jeffrey P ^a   Scully, Brian T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ear feeding damage; economic injury level; Euschistus servus; grain yield; kernel quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLOWERING; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; FLOWERING TOPS; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EUSCHISTUS SERVUS; HETEROPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78651078983     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09301     Document Type: Article

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