Birch tar oil is an effective mollusc repellent: Field and laboratory experiments using Arianta arbustorum (Gastropoda: Helicidae) and Arion lusitanicus (Gastropoda: Arionidae)

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Lindqvist, Isa ^a   Lindqvist, Bengt ^a   Tiilikkala, Kari ^a   Hagner, Marleena ^b   Penttinen, Olli Pekka ^b   Pasanen, Tiina ^b   Setälä, Heikki ^b  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arianta arbustorum; Arion lusitanicus; Biocontrol; Biological plant protection product; Birch tar oil; Iberian slug; Land snail; Mollusc; Repellent; Spanish slug

Indexed keywords

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; ARION LUSITANICUS; ARIONIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77951772219     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960610791015050     Document Type: Article

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