One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies

2020/06/04 by Apostolos Pekas, Ines De Craecker, Sten Boonen +3 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect and Pesticide Research #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104328

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