Generalist predators (Coleoptera: Carabidae, staphylinidae) associated with millipede populations in sweet potato and carrot fields and implications for millipede management

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1106-1116

  Brunke, Adam J ^a   Bahlai, Christine A ^a   Sears, Mark K ^a   Halleti, Rebecca H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cijlindroiulus caeruleocinctus; Integrated pest management; Pterostichus melanarius

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; GROWING SEASON; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR; TUBER; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; CARROT; FOOD PREFERENCE; PREDATION; SWEET POTATO; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; DAUCUS CAROTA; FOOD PREFERENCES; IPOMOEA BATATAS; ONTARIO; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYLINDROIULUS CAERULEOCINCTUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIPLOPODA; HARPALUS; HARPALUS ERRATICUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; JULIDAE; OPHONUS; POECILUS CHALCITES; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; PTEROSTICHUS PERMUNDUS; SCARITES SUBTERRANEUS; STAPHYLINIDAE; TACHINUS;

EID: 69849097134     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0418     Document Type: Article

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