Novel Application of Gels as Potential Carriers for Beneficial Insects

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 419-427

  Jenkins, Daniel J ^a   Hough Goldstein, Judith ^a   Pesek Jr , John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Gels; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Perillus bioculatus; Podisus maculiventris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001215931     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.2.419     Document Type: Article

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