Effects of native grass cover crops on beneficial and pest invertebrates in Australian vineyards

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 970-978

  Danne, A ^a   Thomson, L J ^a   Sharley, D J ^a   Penfold, C M ^b   Hoffmann, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Native grass; Natural enemies; Saltbush; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COVER CROP; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EGG PREDATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR; VINE; VINEYARD; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; GRAPE; INVERTEBRATE; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; VITIS;

ANIMALS; ATRIPLEX; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATES; MOTHS; OVUM; POACEAE; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VITIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX SEMIBACCATA; ATRIPLEX SUBERECTA; AUSTRODANTHONIA RICHARDSONII; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; CHLORIS TRUNCATA; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POACEAE; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 77953159013     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09144     Document Type: Article

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