Comparison of Perillus bioculatus and Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as potential control agents of the Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1116-1123

  Hough Goldstein, J ^a   McPherson, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Naval Facility Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

augmentation; biological control; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Perillus bioculatus; Podisus maculiventris; predators

Indexed keywords

PERILLUS BIOCULATUS; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 0030268203     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1116     Document Type: Article

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