Habitat manipulation of the apple orchard floor to increase ground-dwelling predators and predators of Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-273

  Mathews, Clarissa R ^a,b,c   Bottrell, Dale G ^a   Brown, M W ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Apple; Biological control; Carabidae; Compost; Cydia pomonella; Formicidae; Ground beetles; Habitat; Malus domestica; Prey resources

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 2342463684     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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