Biological response of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), to various regimes of chemical and biorational insecticides

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1241-1247

  Seal, Dakshina R ^a   Kumar, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biorational insecticides; Borax; Integrated rotational use; Spinosyns

Indexed keywords

BIOPESTICIDE; BORATE; CROP PEST; FRUIT; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; THRIPS;

UNITED STATES;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; SCIRTOTHRIPS DORSALIS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 79960022203     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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