Identification of potential natural enemies of the pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus L. in western Canada

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Vankosky, M A ^a,b   Carcamo H A ^b   Dosdall, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Carabid ground beetles; Conservation biological control; Egg predation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PEST; EGG PREDATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLIAGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; LEGUME; NATURAL ENEMY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA;

BEMBIDION QUADRIMACULATUM; BEMBIDION RUPICOLA; BEMBIDION TIMIDUM; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MICROLESTES LINEARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; POECILUS SCITULUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; RHIZOBIUM; SITONA LINEATUS; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 79953306637     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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