Evaluation of predation on Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) from feeding traces on eggs

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-95

  Kishimoto, Hidenari ^b   Takagi, Kazuo ^a  

^a Res Inst Japan Plant Protect A   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feeding trace; Oligota; Panonychus; Scolothrips takahashii; Stethorus japonicus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256053     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.91     Document Type: Article

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