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Does local habitat management or large-scale landscape composition alter the biocontrol services provided to pumpkin agroecosystems?

2016-01-01

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Cucurbit crops are attacked by a pest complex that threatens production via direct feeding and disease transmission. The goals of this study were to quantify the amount of biocontrol service supplied to pumpkin fields and determine if this was affected by local habitat management or the surrounding landscape. Using sentinel eggs, we measured predation of squash bug, Anasa tristis, and spotted cucumber beetle, Diab...

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Literature Corpus work: 336fa706-151a-5aec-af75-1153a9f3374d
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.10.001

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