Response of Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae) to cropping systems, cultivars, and pest interventions

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Toko, Muaka ^a   Yaninek, John S ^a   O'Neil, Robert J ^b  

^a IITA Benin Station   (Benin)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cassava; cropping systems; cultivars; green mites; pest interventions; phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; AMBLYSEIUS MANIHOTI; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS; MONONYCHELLUS TANAJOA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030483434     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.237     Document Type: Article

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