Effects of grassland habitat and plant nutrients on soybean aphid and natural enemy populations

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-272

  Schmidt, Nicholas P ^a   O'Neal, Matthew E ^b   Schulte Moore, Lisa A ^b  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; ecosystem service; tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST OUTBREAK; SOYBEAN; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

IOWA; JASPER COUNTY [IOWA]; NEAL SMITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; GLYCINE MAX; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 79953899991     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10269     Document Type: Article

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