Could movement of neonates from non-host plants affect the potential of polyculture to reduce crop colonisation by pest insects?

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1103-1105

  George, D R ^a   Collier, R ^b   Whitfield, C ^a   Port, G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Larval movement; Non host oviposition; Plutella sp; Polyculture

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HATCHING; HOST PLANT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LARVA; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MOTH; NEONATE; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE; POLYCULTURE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 79957546156     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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