Recommendations for a preventive strategy to control red palm weevil (rhynchophorus ferrugineus, olivier) based on the use of insecticides and entomopathogenic nematodes

EPPO Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Tapia, G ^a   Ruiz, M A ^a   Tellez M M ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; NEMATODA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 79960622696     PISSN: 02508052     EISSN: 13652338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2011.02448.x     Document Type: Article

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