Delaying onion planting to control onion maggot (Diptera: Anthomyiidae): efficacy and underlying mechanisms

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1622-1632

  Nault, Brian A ^a   Werling, Benjamin P ^a   Straub, Richard W ^b   Nyrop, Jan P ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; cultural control; Delia antiqua; oviposition; planting date

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; ONION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; NEW YORK; ONIONS; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PRAECOX; ANTHOMYIIDAE; DELIA ANTIQUA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80053964876     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11175     Document Type: Article

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