Optimizing insect pest control and nitrogen fertilizing of the summer turnip rape (Brassica campestris sutiva)

The need for pest control could not be decisively reduced by boosting the compensatory ability of the summer turnip rape with extra nitrogen fertilizer. The plant compensated the damage of the blossom beetle (Meligethes aenus F.) by producing additional axillary racemes, pods and seeds. The compensa...

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Main Authors: Sirpa Kurppa, Antti Ollula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 1993-03-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72644