Pyrethroid resistance and thiacloprid baseline susceptibility of European populations of Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) collected in winter oilseed rape

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 599-608

  Zimmer, Christoph T ^a   Nauen, Ralf ^a  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meligethes aeneus; Oilseed rape; Pollen beetle; Pyrethroid resistance; Resistance monitoring; Thiacloprid baseline

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIACLOPRID; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; CANOLA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLLEN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PYRETHROID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE; TURNIP;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRASSICA RAPA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASES; PYRETHRINS; PYRIDINES; THIAZINES;

EUROPE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 79953745841     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2137     Document Type: Article

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