Evaluation of Serangium parcesetosum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) as a Biological Control Agent of the Silverleaf Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1421-1427

  Legaspi, Jesusa Crisostomo ^a,b   Legaspi Jr , B C ^a   Meagher Jr , R L ^a,c   Ciomperlik, M A ^a,d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Predator; Serangium parcesetosum; Silverleaf whitefly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000732032     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.6.1421     Document Type: Review

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