Cold Hardiness Characteristics in a Strain of the Predatory Mite Euseius (Amblyseius) finlandicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Northern Greece

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 82-90

  Broufas, G D ^a   Koveos, D S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Euseius finlandicus; Phytoseiidae; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002729039     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0082:CHCIAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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