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Note: Fluctuations in population of the first recorded predatory flyCoenosia attenuata in cotton fields in Turkey

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The occurrence of the predatory flyCoenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) is reported for the first time in Turkey. The population dynamics of the fly in irrigated cotton fields in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey is described, and the role ofC. attenuata as a biological control agent in the agroecosystem is discussed.

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  1. Institute for Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany

    D. Pohl & J. Sauerborn

  2. Dept. of Plant Protection, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey

    F. N. Uygur

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Pohl, D., Uygur, F.N. & Sauerborn, J. Note: Fluctuations in population of the first recorded predatory flyCoenosia attenuata in cotton fields in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 31, 446–449 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979737

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