Classical biological control of Palaeococcus fuscipennis (Burmeister) (Homoptera: Margarodidae) in Israel

Biological Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Mendel, Zvi ^a   Assael, Fabienne ^a   Zeidan, Suheil ^b   Zehavi, Amiram ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Forest Management Monitoring and GIS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Cryp tochetidae; Cryptochetumjorgepastori; Diptera; Homoptera; Margarodidae; Novius cruentatus; Palaeococcus fuscipennis; Pinu s brutia ssp. brutia; Pinus halepensis; Rodolia cardinalis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ISRAEL;

PALAEOCOCCUS FUSCIPENNIS; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS CANARIENSIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 0031779726     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0621     Document Type: Article

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