Integrated pest management for Dasineura oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in blueberry

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 339-347

  Sampson, Blair J ^a   Stringer, Stephen J ^a   Spiers, James M ^a  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dasineura oxycoccana; Insecticides; Parasitoids; Syrphidae; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PREDATION;

(SOUTH); UNITED STATES;

APROSTOCETUS; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DASINEURA; DASINEURA OXYCOCCANA; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SYRPHIDAE; TOXOMERUS; TOXOMERUS GEMINATUS; VACCINIUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036557216     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.2.339     Document Type: Article

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