Occurrence of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in cabbage fields and their possible impact on lepidopteran pests

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-160

  Suenaga, Hiroshi ^a,b   Hamamura, Tetsuzo ^b  

^a Kagoshima Pref Agric Exp Station   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Carabid; Habitat preference; Plutella xylostella; Predator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531974     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.151     Document Type: Article

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