Tritrophic effects of organic and conventional fertilisers on a cereal-aphid-parasitoid system

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Garratt, Michael P D ^a   Leather, Simon R ^a   Wright, Denis J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Aphidius ervi; Barley; Braconidae; Hemiptera; Hordeum vulgare; Hymenoptera; Metopolophium dirhodum; Natural enemy host interactions

Indexed keywords

APHID; BARLEY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; TILLERING; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77649165510     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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