Potential for Competition among Natural Enemies of Larvae of Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Southern Plains

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 743-751

  Berberet, R C ^a   Bisges, A D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathyplectes spp; Hypera postica; Zoophthora phytonomi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001740946     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.3.743     Document Type: Article

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