From Biological Control to Invasion: the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species

• مؤلفون آخرون: Roy, Helen E.
• التنسيق: كتاب
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Springer 2017
• الموضوعات: Mite-eating ladybirds > Behavior ; Mite-eating ladybirds > Ecology ; Biological invasions; 595.769
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/27481; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6939-0

Harmonia axyridis has been described as the "most invasive ladybird on Earth". It has a long history of use as a classical biological control agent in the USA and more recently in Europe. This beetle has been effective at controlling pest insects in a variety of crop systems but it poses u...