Intercropping as a management strategy against carrot rust fly (Diptera: Psilidae): A test of enemies and resource concentration hypotheses

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1092-1100

  Rämert, Birgitta ^a   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Medicago littoralis; Polyphagous predators; Psila rosae; Resource concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030483568     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.1092     Document Type: Article

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