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Optimising the colour of traps requires an insect's eye view

Roger D Santer Orcid Logo, William Allen Orcid Logo

Pest Management Science, Volume: 80, Issue: 3, Pages: 931 - 934

Swansea University Author: William Allen Orcid Logo

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Colour is a critical property of many traps used to control or monitor insect pests, and applied entomologists continue to devote time and effort to improving colour for greater trapping efficiency. This work has often been guided by human colour perceptions, which differ greatly from those of the p...

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ISSN: 1526-498X 1526-4998
Published: Wiley 2024
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