Phenology and distribution of the apple leafcurling midge (Dasineura mali (Kieffer)) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and its natural enemies on apples under biological and integrated pest management in Central Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-106

  Wearing, C H ^a   Marshall, R R ^a   Attfield, B ^a   Colhoun, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

biological control; gall midge; Orius vicinus; Platygaster demades; Sejanus albisignata

Indexed keywords

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DASINEURA MALI; DIPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ORIUS VICINUS; PLATYGASTER DEMADES;

EID: 84879142453     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.712887     Document Type: Article

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