Introducing barley as aphid reservoir in sweet-pepper greenhouses: Effects on native and released hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-535

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banker plants; Biological control; Episyrphus balteatus; Greenhouses; Open rearing systems; Sphaerophoria rueppellii; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BARLEY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HORTICULTURE; PARASITOID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHIDIDAE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; DIPTERA; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS; HORDEUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; SPHAEROPHORIA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 64749107846     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.070     Document Type: Article

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