Could Brassica rapa, Brassica juncea and Sinapis alba facilitate the control of the cabbage seed weevil in oilseed rape crops?

Biological Control

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Kovács, Gabriella ^a   Kaasik, Riina ^a   Metspalu, Luule ^a   Williams, Ingrid H ^a   Luik, Anne ^a   Veromann, Eve ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anaphes sp.; Ceutorhynchus obstrictus; Host plant attractiveness; Mesopolobus morys; Parasitoids; Trichomalus perfectus

Indexed keywords

ANAPHES; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRUCHINAE; CEUTORHYNCHUS OBSTRICTUS; HYMENOPTERA; MESOPOLOBUS; MYMARIDAE; SINAPIS ALBA; TRICHOMALUS PERFECTUS;

EID: 84875675156     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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