National Nature Science Fund of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31030012, 30921063]; National Key Technology RD ProgramNational Key Technology R&D Program [2012BAD19B05]
机构署名:
本校为其他机构
院系归属:
植物保护学院
摘要:
BACKGROUND: Biological control provided by natural enemies play an important role in integrated pest management. Generalist insect predators provide an important biological service in the regulation of agricultural insect pests. Our goal is to understand the explicit process of oviposition preference, habitat selection and feeding behavior of predators in farmland ecosystem consisting of multiple crops, which is central to devising and delivering an integrated pest management program. METHODOLOGY: The hypotheses was that maize can serve as habitat for natural enemies and benefits predators to ...