Effect of Coleus size and variegation on attack rates, searching strategy, and selected life history characteristics of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-234

  Garcia, Juliana F ^a,b   O’Neil, Robert J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus mealybug; Coleus blumei; Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Functional response; Mealybug destroyer; Planococcus citri; Solenostemon scutellarioides; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; LITERATURE; PREDATION;

CITRUS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLEUS; COLEUS BLUMEI; CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES;

EID: 0033925386     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0831     Document Type: Article

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