Effect of non-crop vegetation types on conservation biological control of pests in olive groves

Conservation biological control (CBC) is an environmentally sound potential alternative to the use of chemical insecticides. It involves modifications of the environment to promote natural enemy activity on pests. Despite many CBC studies increasing abundance of natural enemies, there are far fewer...

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Main Authors: Daniel Paredes, Luis Cayuela, Geoff M. Gurr, Mercedes Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2013-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/116.pdf