Evaluation of Eretmocerus eremicus and Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Beltsville strain in commercial greenhouses for biological control of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on colored poinsettia plants

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 556-569

  Hoddle, Mahk S ^a,b   Van Driesche, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; GREENHOUSE; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOID; POINSETTIA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOID; WHITEFLY;

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

EID: 0033382455     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496473     Document Type: Article

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