Potential use of Dicyphus hesperus Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) for biological control of pests of greenhouse tomatoes

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-110

  McGregor, Robert R ^a   Gillespie, David R ^a   Quiring, Donald M J ^a   Foisy, Mitch R J ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dicyphus hesperus; Generalist predators; Greenhouse vegetables; Omnivores; Tetranychus urticae; Tomato; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; Zoophytophagous Heteroptera

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; TOMATO;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DICYPHUS HESPERUS; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; URTICAE;

EID: 0032815940     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0743     Document Type: Article

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