Are arthropod communities in cotton really disrupted? An assessment of insecticide regimes and evaluation of the beneficial disruption index

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 326-335

  Mansfield, S ^a,b   Dillon, M L ^a   Whitehouse, M E A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; BDI; Beneficial arthropods; Biological control; Cotton; Insecticide regime; IPM; Parasitoids; Predatory insects; Spiders

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; COTTON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 32144440619     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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