Biology and use of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 645-669

  Hoddle, M S ^a   Van Driesche, R G ^b   Sanderson, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelinidae; Biological control; Greenhouses; Integrated pest management; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031912192     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.645     Document Type: Review

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