Molecular identification of the swede midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 771-780

  Frey, Juerg E ^a   Frey, Beatrice ^a   Baur, Robert ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; FLY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CONTARINIA NASTURTII; DIPTERA;

EID: 12744278073     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-120     Document Type: Article

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