Temperature and prey density on bionomics of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) feeding on Aphis gossypii (Homoptera: Aphididae) on cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-314

  Xia, J Y ^a,b   Van Der Werf, W ^a   Rabbinge, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Bionomics; Coccinella septempunctata; Prey density; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HIRSUTUM; HOMOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032910865     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.307     Document Type: Article

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