Evaluating prey preference by several phytoseiid predators for Mononychellus tanajoa (Bondar) and M. caribbeanae McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae) in cassava

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Smith, Lincoln ^a   Cuellar, Maria Elena ^a   Melo, Elsa Liliana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

biological control; predatory mites; prey preference; selection of natural enemies

Indexed keywords

MONONYCHELLUS CARIBBEANAE; MONONYCHELLUS TANAJOA;

EID: 0030272740     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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