Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:42-43 (article 21) 1982 J. E. Ferguson, Esther R. Metcalf, Robert L. Metcalf and A. M. Rhodes Departments of Entomology and Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign The worldwide culture of many species and varieties of Cucurbitaceae is complicated by the feeding of many species of rootworms, cucumber beetles, pumpkin beetles, […]
Esther R. Metcalf
Bitter Cucurbita spp. as Attractants for Diabroticite Beetles
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:38 (article 23) 1979 R. L. Metcalf, A. M. Rhodes, Jane E. Ferguson and Esther R. Metcalf University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 The attacks of the striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittata, and the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, on cultivated Cucurbitaceae and of the corn rootworm, D. u. howardi, northern […]