CROP LIFE TABLES AS A PEST MANAGEMENT TOOL
- 1 August 1970
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 102 (8) , 950-955
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent102950-8
Abstract
Cohort life tables are seen to provide the basis for an analytic and insightful approach to the rational management of crop pests. A life table is presented for a typical planting of early market cabbage, and dx values appraised in the light of potential dollar revenues.Keywords
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