Interactions among two species of Eretmocerus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), two species of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), and tomato

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 397-402

  Greenberg, S M ^a   Jones, W A ^a   Liu, T X ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Eretmocerus; Parasitoids; Tomato; Tritrophic; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WHITEFLY;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 0036557034     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.2.397     Document Type: Article

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