Hoverfly oviposition response to aphids in broccoli fields

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Ambrosino, M D ^a   Jepson, P C ^a   Luna, J M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Aphidophaga; Brevicoryne brassicae; Diptera; Homoptera; Myzus persicae; Numerical response; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

APHID; FLY; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VEGETABLE;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; BRASSICACEAE; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; MYZUS PERSICAE; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33846557870     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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