Assessment of cost and performance of Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera:Aphelinidae) for whitefly (Homoptera:Aleyrodidae) control in commercial poinsettia crops

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 570-594

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative release; Bemisia argentifolii; Biological control; Cost; Eretmocerus eremicus; Evaluation; Greenhouses; Trialeurodes vaporariorum poinsettia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GREENHOUSE; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOID; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WHITEFLY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ALEYRODIDAE; ANIMALIA; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0033374406     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496474     Document Type: Article

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