Effects of various items, host plants, and temperatures on the development and survival of Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Perdikis, Dionyssios ^a   Lykouressis, Dionyssios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Host plants; Macrolophus pygmaeus; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Miridae; Mortality; Myzus persicae; Nymphal development; Pollen; Prey; Tetranychus urticae; Tomato; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POLLEN; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

APHIS GOSSYPII; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; ECBALIUM; ECBALIUM ELATERIUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; MIRIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SOLANUM MELONGENA; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; URTICAE;

EID: 0033957148     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0774     Document Type: Article

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