Managing Key Insect Pests in the Far North
- ISBN-10
- 0476007895
- ISBN-13
- 9780476007895
- Category
- Grasses
- Pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Authors
- Jenny Dymock, Bruce Willoughby, Terry Bunn
Description
Mainly on biology and control of Tropical grass webworm (Herpetogramma licarsisalis), Black beetle (Heteronychus arator), Black field cricket (Teleogryllus commudus) and Grass grub (Costelytra zealandica). Mention of Argentine stem weevil (Listronotus bonariensis), Clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus), Clover flea (Sminthurus viridis), Whitefringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma), Armyworms.
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