Status of Bemisia tabaci in the Mediterranean countries: Opportunities for biological control

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-22

  Gerling, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; biological control; biotypes; cotton; greenhouse culture; insecticide resistance; natural enemies; pest management; sweetpotato whitefly; vegetables; whiteflies

Indexed keywords

BEMISIA TABACI;

EID: 0030087530     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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