Substrate dependent larval development and emergence of the mushroom pests Lycoriella auripila and Megaselia halterata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-334

  Scheepmaker, J W A ^a,b   Geels, F P ^b   Van Griensven, L J L D ^b   Smits, P H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Mushroom Experimental Station   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; casing soil; mushroom compost; phorids; sciarids

Indexed keywords

LYCORIELLA AURIPILA; MEGASELIA HALTERATA; AGARICUS BISPORUS; DIPTERA; NEMATODA; PHORIDAE; SCIARIDAE;

EMERGENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MUSHROOM COMPOST; MUSHROOM FLY;

EID: 0029660205     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00840.x     Document Type: Article

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