Status of pomegranate pests and their management strategies in India

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 890, Issue , 2011, Pages 569-584

  Balikai, R A ^a   Kotikal, Y K ^b   Prasanna, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

India; Insect and mite pests; Management strategies; Pomegranate

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACERIA; ALEURODICUS DISPERSUS; ALEYRODIDAE; ANAPHOTHRIPS; APHIDIDAE; APHIS PUNICAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; EUDOCIMA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYTHRACEAE; ODONTOTERMES OBESUS; OLIGONYCHUS; OTHREIS; PSEUDOCOCCUS; PUNICA GRANATUM; RHIPIPHOROTHRIPS CRUENTATUS; SCIRTOTHRIPS DORSALIS; SIPHONINUS PHILLYREAE; THYSANOPTERA; XYLEBORUS FORNICATUS;

EID: 80053237321     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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