Targeted sugar provision promotes parasitism of the cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Evans, Edward W ^a   Anderson, Melody R ^a   Bowling, Paul D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Food supplements; Foraging; Insect pest management; Parasitoid; Sugar spray; Tetrastichus julis

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; OULEMA MELANOPUS; TETRASTICHUS JULIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 74549220736     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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