Biological control of the hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the Caribbean

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Kairo, Moses T K ^a   Pollard, Gene V ^b   Peterkin, Dorothy D ^a   Lopez, Vyjayanthi F ^a  

^a CABI Bioscience   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Anagyrus kamali; Biological control; Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; Maconellicoccus hirsutus; Mealybug; Pseudococcidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PEST CONTROL;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HIBISCUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0034581508     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012997619132     Document Type: Article

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