Biological control of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on poinsettia with inundative releases of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): Are higher release rates necessarily better?

Biological Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 166-179

  Hoddle, Mark ^a,c   Van Driesche, Roy ^a   Sanderson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Encarsia; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031282388     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0571     Document Type: Article

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