Neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid causes outbreaks of spider mites on elm trees in urban landscapes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Szczepaniec, Adrianna ^a,c   Creary, Scott F ^a,d   Laskowski, Kate L ^a,e   Nyrop, Jan P ^b   Raupp, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELM; FERTILITY; LANDSCAPE; MITE INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; TETRANYCHIDAE; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; ULMUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; IMIDAZOLES; NEW YORK CITY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; TETRANYCHIDAE; ULMUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957798754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020018     Document Type: Article

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