Prey capture ability of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Het., Pentatomidae) reared for successive generations on a meridic diet

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 327-330

  Saavedra, J L D ^a   Zanuncio, J C ^a   Zanuncio, T V ^a   Guedes, R N C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; LABORATORY REARING;

ANTICARSIA GEMMATALIS; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; NOCTUIDAE; PENTATIMIDAE; PENTATOMIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PODISUS; PODISUS NIGRISPINUS;

EID: 0030784625     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1997.tb01414.x     Document Type: Article

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