Arthropod pests of currant and gooseberry crops in the U.K.: Their biology, management and future prospects

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Mitchell, Carolyn ^a   Brennan, Rex M ^a   Cross, Jerry V ^b   Johnson, Scott N ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Integrated pest management; Plant breeding; Ribes glossularia; Ribes hirtellum; Ribes nigrum; Ribes petraeum; Ribes sativum; Semiochemicals; Soft fruit

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GROSSULARIAE; APHIS SCHNEIDERI; ARTHROPODA; CECIDOPHYOPSIS RIBIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DASINEURA TETENSI; GROSSULARIACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYPEROMYZUS LACTUCAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYGOCORIS PABULINUS; MIRIDAE; NEMATUS; NEMATUS RIBESII; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; PULVINARIA; RIBES; RIBES HIRTELLUM; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM; RIBES PETRAEUM; RIBES RUBRUM; RIBES UVA-CRISPA; SYNANTHEDON TIPULIFORMIS; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 79960360544     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00513.x     Document Type: Review

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