Beneficial insects move from flowering plants to nearby crops
Marking studies demonstrated that lady beetles, lacewings, syrphid flies and parasitic wasps fed on nectar or pollen provided by borders of flowering plants around farms; many insects moved 250 feet into adjacent field crops. Studies using the elemental marker rubidium also showed that syrphid flies...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1998-09-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v052n05p23 |