Impact of wildflower strips on biological control of cabbage lepidopterans

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 310-314

  Pfiffner, L ^a   Luka, H ^a,c   Schlatter, C ^a   Juen, A ^b   Traugott, M ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Diagnostic PCR; Habitat manipulation; Mamestra brassicae; Parasitoids; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BUTTERFLY; DNA; EGG PARASITOID; EGG PREDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTATISTICS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MOTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 56749161530     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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