Diagnostic PCR assays to unravel food web interactions in cereal crops with focus on biological control of aphids

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 281-293

  Staudacher, Karin ^a   Jonsson, Mattias ^b   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Generalist predators; Group specific primer; Molecular gut content analysis; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; PEST SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; HORDEUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 84958656940     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-015-0685-8     Document Type: Article

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