Observing the Effect of Soil-Applied Insecticides on Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Behavior and Mortality Using Radiographic Imaging
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DOI: 10.1093/jee/toy130
Abstract: Abstract Radiographic imaging was used to study corn wireworm, Melanotus communis (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Elateridae), behavior in the soil relative to Irish potato, Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanales: Solanaceae), placed above a barrier of insecticide-treated soil. Behavioral… read more here.
Keywords: wireworm; elateridae behavior; radiographic imaging; soil ... See more keywords