Geographic information system used for assessing the activity of the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) in the date palm Oasis of Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Plant Protection Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Massoud, Massoud ^a   Faleiro, Jose ^b   El Saad, Mahmoud ^a   Sultan, Essa ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Arlem   (India)

^c Directorate of Agriculture   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

date palm; Geographic Information System; Global Position System; Integrated Pest Management; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; spatial spread

Indexed keywords

CURCULIONIDAE; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 79959687718     PISSN: 14274345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10045-011-0039-3     Document Type: Article

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