Leaf extrafloral nectaries enhance biological control of a key economic pest, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in peach (Rosales: Rosaceae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Mathews, Clarissa R ^a   Brown, Mark W ^b   Bottrell, Dale G ^c  

^a SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Extrafloral nectaries; Formicidae; Grapholita molesta; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LEAF; MOTH; NECTAR; ORCHARD; PARASITE; PARASITISM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; LEPIDOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRUNUS; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; GRAPHOLITA MOLESTA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; ROSACEAE; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 34249012043     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[383:LENEBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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