Towards the on-farm conservation of the assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) during winter using crop plants as refuges

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Grundy, Paul R ^a   Maelzer, Derek A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio control; Creontiades; Niger; Nysius; Predator; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; COCCOIDEA; CREONTIADES; CREONTIADES DILUTUS; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; LUPINUS; LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. FALCATA; NYSIUS; REDUVIIDAE; SALVIA; SALVIA COCCINEA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0038664321     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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