Evaluation of an oil dispersion formulation of imidacloprid as a drench against Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in young palm trees

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 878-882

  Llácer, Elena ^a   Negre, María ^a   Jacas, Josep A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drench; Efficacy; Imidacloprid OD; Mortality; Phoenix canariensis; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OIL;

BEETLE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EVERGREEN TREE; IMIDACLOPRID; INFECTIVITY; MORTALITY;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BEETLES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OILS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

ARECACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHOENIX CANARIENSIS; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; TRACHYCARPUS FORTUNEI; WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA; WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA;

EID: 84860890324     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3245     Document Type: Article

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