Releases of a natural flightless strain of the ladybird beetle Adalia bipunctata reduce aphid-born honeydew beneath urban lime trees

BioControl

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-204

  Lommen, Suzanne T E ^a,b   Holness, Thomas C ^b   van Kuik, Alfons J ^b   de Jong, Peter W ^b   Brakefield, Paul M ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellidae; Dispersal; Eucallipterus tiliae; Inundative control; Wing polymorphism

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISPERSAL; FLIGHTLESSNESS; HONEYDEW; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION OUTBREAK; URBAN AREA;

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; EUCALLIPTERUS TILIAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 84875385584     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-012-9478-7     Document Type: Article

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