Effects of the insect growth regulator, novaluron on immature alfalfa leafcutting bees, Megachile rotundata

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hodgson, Erin W ^a   Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^b   Barbour, James D ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

alfalfa seed; egg mortality; pollinator; Rimon

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LYGUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; JUVENILE HORMONE; NOVALURON;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; POLLINATION;

EID: 79955490224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.0143     Document Type: Article

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