Identification and Evaluation of Native Predators of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the Mediterranean

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-93

  Riudavets, Jordi ^a   Castañé, Cristina ^a  

^a Centre de Cabrils Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Frankliniella occidentalia; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002276829     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.86     Document Type: Article

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