Hybrid carrot seed crop pollination by the fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 421-430

  Howlett, B G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calliphora vicina; Calliphoridae; Carrot; Crop pollination; Diptera; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FLY; HONEYBEE; HYBRID; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; ROOT VEGETABLE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW ZEALAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861908284     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01665.x     Document Type: Article

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