Effect of flowering plant strips on aphid and syrphid populations in lettuce

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-185

  Pascual Villalobos, M J ^a   Lacasa, A ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Varo P ^b   Garcia M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Universitario del Agua y el Medio Ambiente INUAMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chrysanthemum coronarium; Coriandrum sativum; Episyrphus balteatus; Eupeodes corollae; Floral resources; Nasonovia ribisnigri; Sphaerophoria rueppelli; Sphaerophoria scripta

Indexed keywords

APHID; FLOWERING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHIDIDAE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; EUPEODES COROLLAE; LACTUCA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NASONOVIA RIBISNIGRI; SPHAEROPHORIA; SPHAEROPHORIA SCRIPTA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 29244463038     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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