Responses of the specialist biological control agent, Aleochara bilineata, to vegetational diversity in canola agroecosystems

Biological Control

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-67

  Broatch, Jim S ^a   Dosdall, Lloyd M ^b   O'Donovan, John T ^c   Harker, K Neil ^c   Clayton, George W ^d  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aleochara bilineata; Biological control; Brassica napus; Brassica rapa; Delia radicum; Parasitism; Predation; Spatial heterogeneity; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ALEOCHARA BILINEATA; ANTHOMYIIDAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; COLEOPTERA; DELIA; DELIA RADICUM; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 70449651700     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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