Use of selected flowering plants in greenhouses to enhance aphidophagous hoverfly populations (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-492

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coriander; Mediterranean greenhouses; Natural enemy; Sweet alyssum; Syrphids

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; EUPEODES COROLLAE; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPHAEROPHORIA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 64749087192     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697584     Document Type: Article

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