Host instar suitability of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) for the parasitoid Encarsia pergandiella (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Jones, Walker A ^a   Greenberg, S M ^a,b  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Biological parameters; Encarsia pergandiella; Host; Instar; Mortality; Parasitoid; Suitability; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003070359     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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