Response of Coccinella septempunctata and Menochilus sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to their aphid prey, Lipaphis erysimi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in rapeseed-mustard

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Rana, Jogender S ^a,b  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid; Brassica campestris; Brassica juncea; Coccinella septempunctata; Coccinellidae; Lipaphis erysimi; Menochilus sexmaculatus; Mustard; Rapeseed

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 32444439658     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.013     Document Type: Article

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