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Natural parasitism of the chrysanthemum leaf-minerChromatomyia syngenesiae H. [Dipt.: Agromyzidae]

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Twenty-one species of parasites were reared from natural populations of the chrysanthemum leaf miner,Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy in Southern England. A further species was reared from glasshouse crop plants infested with leaf-miners and left outside. The parasite community attacking the crop plants was otherwise similar to the natural host plant community. The relevance of this work to the biological control of chrysanthemum leaf-miner is discussed.

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Vingt et une espèces de parasites larvaires furent élevées à partir de populations naturelles de mineuses des feuilles du chrysanthèmes dans le sud de l'Angleterre. Une espèce supplémentaire fut élevée à partir de plantes provenant de serre infestée de mineuses et exposée dans les habitats naturels. Le complexe parasitaire qui s'installe sur ces plantes fut analogue en toutes autre manières à celle trouvée sur les plantes spontanées. L'intérêt de ce travail pour la lutte biologique contre les mineuses du chrysanthème est discuté.

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Cornelius, S.J., Godfray, H.C.J. Natural parasitism of the chrysanthemum leaf-minerChromatomyia syngenesiae H. [Dipt.: Agromyzidae] . Entomophaga 29, 341–345 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02372122

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