The effects of a winter cover crop on Diabrotica virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations and beneficial arthropod communities in no-till maize

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1816-1828

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   Fergen, Janet K ^a  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; biological control; conservation; Elymus trachycaulus; generalist predators; IPM; western corn rootworm

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COVER CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENERALIST; GRASS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; PREDATOR; SEX RATIO; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL SURFACE; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; CROP; ELYMUS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MAIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELYMUS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SOUTH DAKOTA; ZEA MAYS;

SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79251501365     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10041     Document Type: Article

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