Host preferences of introduced and native parasites (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of phytophagous plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) in alfalfa-grass fields in the northeastern USA

BioControl

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-261

  Day, W H ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelphocoris; Biocontrol; Leptopterna; Lygus spp.; Peristenus spp.; Trigonotylus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000455867     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009988602017     Document Type: Article

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