Relationships between the occurrence of misshapen fruit on late-season strawberry in the United Kingdom and infestation by insects, particularly the European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Easterbrook, M A ^a  

^a Horticulture Research International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsids; Fruit damage; Lygus rugulipennis; Miridae; Strawberry; Thrips

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; INSECT; PEST SPECIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

LYGUS RUGULIPENNIS; PLAGIOGNATHUS CHRYSANTHEMI;

EID: 0033923192     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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