Effect of ground-cover management on spider mites and their phytoseiid natural enemies in clementine mandarin orchards (II): Top-down regulation mechanisms

Biological Control

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-179

  Aguilar Fenollosa, E ^a   Ibanez Gual M V ^a   Pascual Ruiz, S ^a   Hurtado, M ^a   Jacas, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus; Conservation biological control; Intra guild predation; Omnivory; Phytoseiid life styles; Phytoseiidae; Tetranychidae

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 81055140544     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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