Comparison of life table parameters for Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Anagyrus kamali, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri and Scymnus coccivora

BioControl

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-149

  Persad, Anand ^a   Khan, Ayub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Encyrtidae; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Life fecundity tables; Maconellicoccus hirsutus; Pseudococcidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LIFE TABLE; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

COCCINELLIDAE; COCCIVORA; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0036220236     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014581616965     Document Type: Article

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