Leaves or fruit? The potential for damage to tomato fruits by the omnivorous predator, Dicyphus hesperus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-328

  McGregor, R R ^b   Gillespie, D R ^a   Park, C G ^c   Quiring, D M J ^a   Foisy, M R J ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dicyphus hesperus; Generalist predators; Heteroptera; Miridae; Tetranychus urticae; Tomatoes; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; Zoophytophagous predators

Indexed keywords

DICYPHUS HESPERUS;

EID: 0034088168     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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