Effect of neem seed extract on the brown citrus aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 172-176

  Tang, Y Q ^a,b   Weathersbee III, A A ^a   Mayer, R T ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin; Brown citrus aphid; Lysiphlebus testaceipes; Neem extract; Neemix; Toxoptera citricida

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NEEM;

UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIIDAE; APHIDIINAE; ARTHROPODA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LYSIPHLEBUS; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; TOXOPTERA CITRICIDA;

EID: 0036488264     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.1.172     Document Type: Article

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