The importance of honeydew as food for larvae of Chrysoperla carnea in the presence of aphids

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Hogervorst, P A M ^a   Wackers F L ^b   Carette, A C ^a,c   Romeis, J ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative food; Aphid predator; Feeding behaviour; Food ecology; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

APHID; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HONEYDEW; LARVA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; STARVATION;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOPERLA CARNEA; CHRYSOPERLA PLORABUNDA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 38149118935     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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