Managing osmia cornifrons to pollinate apples in aomori prefecture, Japan

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 561, Issue , 2001, Pages 303-307

  Sekita, Norio ^a  

^a Aomori Apple Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple pests; Apple pollinator; Management calendar; Natural enemies; Osmia cornifrons

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; OSMIA CORNIFRONS;

EID: 29644447000     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.561.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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