Biology, distribution, and host range of Zygina sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a potential biological control agent for Asparagus asparagoides

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-109

  Witt, A B R ^a   Edwards, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asparagus asparagoides; Biological control; Biology; Cicadellidae; Distribution; Specificity; Zygina sp.

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MARSIPHYLLUM; PARASITISM; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

ASPARAGUS ASPARAGOIDES; ZYGINA;

EID: 0034045521     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0796     Document Type: Article

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