Impact of the presence of Dicyphus tamaninii Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) on whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) predation by Macrolophus caliginosus (Wagner) (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-128

  Lucas, Éric ^a   Alomar, Oscar ^a  

^a Centre de Cabrils Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dicyphus tamaninii; Greenhouse whitefly; Intraguild predation; Lycopersicon esculentum; Macrolophus caliginosus; Miridae; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; Zoophytophagy

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; DICYPHUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MIRIDAE; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0036379028     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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