Integrated management of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on onion in north-western Italy: Basic approaches for supervised control

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Mautino, Giulia C ^a   Bosco, Lara ^a   Tavella, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acibenzolar S methyl; Allium cepa; Lambda cyhalothrin; Onion thrips; Spinosad; Thrips sampling methods

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; S METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE 7 CARBOTHIOATE; S-METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE-7-CARBOTHIOATE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; HARVESTING; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PYRETHROID; SAMPLING; THRIPS; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT CONTROL; ITALY; ONION; PARASITOLOGY; THYSANOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; ITALY; ONIONS; THIADIAZOLES; THYSANOPTERA;

ITALY;

ALLIUM CEPA; THRIPIDAE; THRIPS TABACI; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84855346822     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2243     Document Type: Article

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