Effect of Storage Temperature and Duration on Survival of Eggs and Nymphs of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and Pupae of the Whitefly Parasitoid Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-434

  Lacey, L A ^a,b   Millar, L ^a,c   Kirk, A A ^a   Perring, T M ^a,d  

^a United States Department of Agriculture   (France)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Cold storage; Encarsia formosa; Rearing

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; BEMISIA TABACI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0002773251     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.3.430     Document Type: Article

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