A survey of syrphid predators of Nasonovia ribisnigri in organic lettuce on the Central Coast of California

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Smith, Hugh A ^a   Chaney, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid predators; Conservation biocontrol; Insectary crops; Organic agriculture; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; LARVA; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CALIFORNIA; DIPTERA; LARVA; LETTUCE; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ALLOGRAPTA EXOTICA; ALLOGRAPTA OBLIQUA; APHIDIDAE; DIPLAZON; DIPTERA; EUPEODES AMERICANUS; EUPEODES VOLUCRIS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; NASONOVIA RIBIS-NIGRI; PACHYNEURON; PLATYCHEIRUS OBSCURUS; PLATYCHEIRUS STEGNUS; PTEROMALIDAE; SCAEVA PYRASTRI; SPHAEROPHORIA; SPHAEROPHORIA PYRRHINA; SYRPHIDAE; SYRPHUS OPINATOR; TOXOMERUS MARGINATUS; TOXOMERUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 33947250692     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[39:ASOSPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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