Abundance and diversity of beneficial arthropods in conventional and “organic” carrot crops in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-313

  Berry, N A ^a   Wratten, S D ^a   McErlich, A ^b,c   Frampton, C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Wattie Frozen Foods Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c Cascadian Farm Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Carrots; Conventional crops; Diversity; Organic crops; Populations

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DAUCUS CAROTA; HEMEROBIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; NEUROPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0030299015     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1996.9513967     Document Type: Article

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