The potential of carabid beetles (Coleoptera) to reduce slug damage to oilseed rape in the laboratory

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Oberholzer, Frank ^a   Escher, Natalie ^a   Frank, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Deroceras laeve; Deroceras reticulatum; Poecilus cupreus; Predation; Pterostichus melanarius; Slugs

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; SLUG;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DEROCERAS; DEROCERAS LAEVE; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; POECILUS; POECILUS CUPREUS; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0037985469     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.016     Document Type: Article

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