Attractiveness of sex pheromone of Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) to adult males in a citrus orchard

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-72

  Arai, Tomonori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Natural enemies; Occurrence; Pseudococcus cryptus; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS; PSEUDOCOCCUS CRYPTUS;

EID: 0036004945     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.69     Document Type: Article

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