Numerical response of ladybird beetles (Col., Coccinellidae) to aphid prey (Hom., Aphididae) in a field bean in north-east India

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 401-405

  Agarwala, B K ^a   Bardhanroy, P ^a  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

INDIA;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS CRACCIVORA; COCCINELLA TRANSVERSALIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HOMOPTERA; MENOCHILUS SEXMACULATUS;

EID: 0032818412     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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