Selection of Nectar Plants for Use in Ecological Engineering to Promote Biological Control of Rice Pests by the Predatory Bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Pingyang Zhu; Zhongxian Lu; Kongluen Heong; Guihua Chen; Xusong Zheng; Hongxing Xu; Yajun Yang; Helen I. Nicol; Geoff M. Gurr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108669

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Selection of Nectar Plants for Use in Ecological Engineering to Promote Biological Control of Rice Pests by the Predatory Bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Pingyang Zhu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute for Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China, Jinhua Plant Protection Station, Jinhua, China
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Zhongxian Lu ,

* E-mail: Email: luzxmh@gmail.com (ZL); ggurr@csu.edu.au (GG)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute for Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Kongluen Heong,

Affiliation Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Guihua Chen,

Affiliation Jinhua Plant Protection Station, Jinhua, China
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Xusong Zheng,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute for Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Hongxing Xu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute for Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Yajun Yang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute for Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Helen I. Nicol,

Affiliation School of Agriculture & Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
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Geoff M. Gurr

* E-mail: Email: luzxmh@gmail.com (ZL); ggurr@csu.edu.au (GG)

Affiliations Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Charles Sturt University), Orange, New South Wales, Australia
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Selection of Nectar Plants for Use in Ecological Engineering to Promote Biological Control of Rice Pests by the Predatory Bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Pingyang Zhu,
Zhongxian Lu,
Kongluen Heong,
Guihua Chen,
Xusong Zheng,
Hongxing Xu,
Yajun Yang,
Helen I. Nicol,
Geoff M. Gurr

Published: September 25, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108669

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