Adaptability and efficacy of transgenic and wild-type Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiiclae) compared as part of a risk assessment

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 563-573

  Li, Jianbo ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Diapause; Fecundity; Hatchability; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

METASEIULUS OCCIDENTALIS; ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ADAPTABILITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIAPAUSE; FECUNDITY; HATCHABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPIDER MITE; TRANSGENIC MITE;

EID: 0030453535     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052807     Document Type: Article

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