Attractiveness of common insectary and harvestable floral resources to beneficial insects

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  Hogg, Brian N ^a   Bugg, Robert L ^b   Daane, Kent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Consulting Biologist ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Floral provisioning; Insectary plants; Sweet alyssum; Syrphidae; Toxomerus

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LACTUCA; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SYRPHIDAE; TOXOMERUS;

EID: 78649332753     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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