Using selective food plants to maximize biological control of vineyard pests

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Begum, Mahmuda ^a   Gurr, Geoff M ^a   Wratten, Steve D ^b   Hedberg, Peter R ^a   Nicol, Helen I ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Epiphyas postvittana; Fecundity; Longevity; Nectar; Parasitoid; Trichogramma carverae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FECUNDITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HERBICIDE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; SHOOT; WEED;

ARTHROPODA; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; TRICHOGRAMMA CARVERAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33646573321     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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