Impacts of abiotic factors on population fluctuation of insect fauna of Vigna radiata and Tetranychus urticae Koch in Sindh, Pakistan

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Khan, Yasir Ahmed ^a   Nazeer, Wajad ^b   Hameed, Asifa ^b   Farooq, Jehanzeb ^c   Shahid, Muhammad Rafiq ^c  

^a SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CENTRAL COTTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^c Cotton Research Institute Faisalabad ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

abiotic factor; Gryllus assimilis; insect fauna; Tetranychus urticae Koch; Thrips tabaci Lind

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS ASSIMILIS; HEXAPODA; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; THRIPS TABACI; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 85027922324     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-011-1059-5     Document Type: Article

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