Influence of flowering cover crops on Anagrus parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Erythroneura leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in New York vineyards

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-181

  English Loeb, Greg ^a   Rhainds, Marc ^a,b   Martinson, Tim ^a,c   Ugine, Todd ^a,d  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Cover crops; Egg parasitoid; Leafhoppers; Mymaridae; Pro ovigeny

Indexed keywords

ANAGRUS; ANIMALIA; CICADELLIDAE; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ERYTHRONEURA; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYMARIDAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; VESPIDAE; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0038356882     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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