Diversity of natural enemies in Central Otago, New Zealand apple orchards: A practical measure of sustainability in pest management?

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1273-1296

  Howard Wearing, C ^a,b   Colhoun, Kate ^a   Attfield, Bernie ^a   Marshall, Ross R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arthropod diversity; Biological control; Integrated pest management; Natural enemies; Organic production; Sustainable apple production

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIVERSITY INDEX; FRUIT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

ARTHROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053320263     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2011.615390     Document Type: Article

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