Flowers for better pest control? The effects of apple orchard ground cover management on green apple aphids (Aphis spp.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), their predators and the canopy insect community

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-145

  Markó, Viktor ^a   Jenser, Gábor ^b   Kondorosy, Elod ^c   Ábrahám, Levente ^d   Balázs, Klára ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^d Somogy County Museum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aphidophagous predators; Apple orchard ground cover; Flowering herbs; Green apple aphids; Insect community; Woolly apple aphid

Indexed keywords

ALLEY CROPPING; APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP PEST; FLOWER; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROUND COVER; HERB; NATURAL ENEMY; ORCHARD;

EID: 84874301244     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2012.743972     Document Type: Article

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