Seasonal abundance of aphidophagous hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) and their population levels in and outside Mediterranean sweet pepper greenhouses

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-391

  Pineda, Ana ^a   Marcos García, Ma Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Greenhouses; Modified Malaise trap; Population dynamics; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHIDIDAE; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; EUPEODES COROLLAE; SPHAEROPHORIA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 40949140597     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[384:SAOAHD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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