Field evaluation of Amitus bennetti (Hymenoptera: Platygasteridae), a parasitoid of Bemisia argentifolii (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in cotton and bean

Biological Control

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-266

  Joyce, Andrea L ^a   Bellows, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitus bennetti; Bemisia argentifolii; Biological control; Field cage evaluation; Life table; Marginal rates of mortality; Natural enemy evaluation; Percentage parasitism

Indexed keywords

BEAN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; UNITED STATES;

ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS; AMITUS BENNETTI; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PLATYGASTRIDAE;

EID: 0034026466     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0776     Document Type: Article

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