Weeds, aphids, and specialist parasitoids and predators benefit differently from organic and conventional cropping of winter cereals

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Caballero López, Berta ^a   Blanco Moreno, José M ^b   Pérez Hidalgo, Nicolás ^c   Michelena Saval, José M ^d   Pujade Villar, Juli ^b   Guerrieri, Emilio ^e   Sánchez Espigares, José A ^f   Sans, F Xavier ^b  

^a Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e Institute for Plant Protection National Research Council of Italy   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cereal aphids; Farming system; Plant insect interaction; Weed community; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; FARMING SYSTEM; PARASITOID; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84857652576     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-011-0409-7     Document Type: Article

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