Parasitoid complex of alfalfa aphids in an IPM intensive crop system in northern Catalonia

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-445

  Pons, Xavier ^a   Lumbierres, Belén ^a   Antoni, Ribes ^b   Starý, Petr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Himenòpters de Ponent ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Aphelinidae; Aphid parasitoid associations; Aphididae; Aphidiinae; Braconidae; Hyperparasitoids

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NEW RECORD; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; TAXONOMY; WASP;

PYRENEES;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ALLOXYSTA; ALLOXYSTA VICTRIX; APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS; APHELINUS ABDOMINALIS; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; APHIS CRACCIVORA; ASAPHES SUSPENSUS; BRACONIDAE; DENDROCERUS APHIDUM; LYSIPHLEBUS FABARUM; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PACHYNEURON APHIDIS; PISUM; PRAON BARBATUM; SYRPHOPHAGUS APHIDIVORUS; THERIOAPHIS TRIFOLII; TRIOXYS;

EID: 81155153815     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-011-0383-0     Document Type: Article

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