Life table and biological characteristics of Macrolophus pygmaeus when feeding on Myzus persicae and Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-272

  Perdikis, Dionyssios Ch ^a   Lykouressis, Dionyssios P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg hatch; Eggplant; Fecundity; Intrinsic rate of increase; Life table; Longevity; Macrolophus pygmaeus; Miridae; Myzus persicae; Predator; Preoviposition; Prey; Tomato; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LIFE TABLE; PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MIRIDAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0036513870     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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