Suppression of cotton leafworm Spodoptera litura, flower beetle Mylabris pustulata and red cotton bug Dysdercus cingulatus by Rhynocoris marginatus (Fabr.) (Het., Reduviidae) in cotton field cages

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Ambrose, D P ^a   Claver, M A ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COTTON; PARASITOID; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; CETONIINAE; COLEOPTERA; DYSDERCUS CINGULATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYLABRIS; MYLABRIS PUSTULATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; REDUVIIDAE; RHYNOCORIS; RHYNOCORIS MARGINATUS; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0033004994     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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