How natural enemies and cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae L.) population dynamics affect organic broccoli harvest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-101

  Nieto, Diego J ^a,b   Shennan, Carol ^b   Settle, William H ^c   O'Malley, Rachel ^a   Bros, Shannon ^a   Honda, Jeffrey Y ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrival time; Cabbage aphid; Organic broccoli; Syrphid larvae; Within plant location

Indexed keywords

APHID; COLONIZATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETABLE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33750207870     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.94     Document Type: Article

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