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SUBMITTER: Hoffmann C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746804 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hoffmann Christoph C Köckerling Janine J Biancu Sandra S Gramm Thomas T Michl Gertraud G Entling Martin H MH
Insects 20171103 4
Greencover crops are widely recommended to provide predators and parasitoids with floral resources for improved pest control. We studied parasitism and predation of European grapevine moth (<i>Lobesia botrana</i>) eggs and pupae as well as predatory mite abundances in an experimental vineyard with either one or two sowings of greencover crops compared to spontaneous vegetation. The co-occurrence between greencover flowering time and parasitoid activity differed greatly between the two study year ...[more]