Toxicity of diafenthiuron and imidacloprid to the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 476-480

  De Cock, A ^a   De Clercq, P ^a   Tirry, L ^a   Degheele, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diafenthiuron; Heteroptera; Imidacloprid; Pentatomidae; Podisus maculiventris; Side effects

Indexed keywords

PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 0030511930     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.476     Document Type: Article

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