Diapause induction and termination in the predatory mite Euseius finlandicus in peach orchards in Northern Greece

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 921-932

  Broufas, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diapause induction; Diapause termination; Euseius finlandicus; Overwintering; Photoperiod; Phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; MITE; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; GREECE; INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS; MITE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREECE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PRUNUS; PUPA; SEASONS; TREES;

GREECE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0035779959     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020623827384     Document Type: Article

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