Seasonal and scale size relationships between citricola scale (Homoptera: Coccidae) and its parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) on San Joaquin Valley citrus

Biological Control

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-221

  Bernal, Julio S ^a   Luck, Robert F ^a   Morse, Joseph G ^a   Drury, Melanie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccophagus; Coccus hesperidum; Coccus pseudomagnoliarum; Heteronomous parasitoid; Metaphycus; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH PERIOD; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; UNITED STATES;

CHALCIDOIDEA; CITRUS; COCCIDAE; COCCOPHAGUS; COCCOPHAGUS LYCIMNIA; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; COCCUS PSEUDOMAGNOLIARUM; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA CITRINUS; ENCYRTUS LECANIORUM; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MARIETTA; MARIETTA MEXICANA; METAPHYCUS; METAPHYCUS HELVOLUS; METAPHYCUS LUTEOLUS;

EID: 0035068114     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0905     Document Type: Article

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