Efficacy and economics of ground cover management as a conservation biological control strategy against Tetranychus urticae in clementine mandarin orchards

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1328-1333

  Aguilar Fenollosa, Ernestina ^a   Pascual Ruiz, Sara ^a   Hurtado, Mónica A ^a   Jacas, Josep A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus; Conservation biological control; Economics; Ground cover; Tetranychidae

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; FRUIT; GRASS; GROUND COVER; MITE; ORCHARD; POPULATION DECLINE;

SPAIN;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 79960969171     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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