Assessment of trap plants to regulate numbers of the European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis, on late-season strawberries

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Easterbrook, M A ^a   Tooley, J A ^a  

^a HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsid; Lygus rugulipennis; Miridae; Natural enemies; Strawberry; Trap plant

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; ASTERACEAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; LYGUS RUGULIPENNIS; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MIRIDAE; NABIDAE; ORIUS;

EID: 0032884046     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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