Comparative cost of chemical and biological whitefly control in poinsettia: Is there a gap?

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 488-493

  Vandriesche, R G ^a,b   Lyon, S ^a   Jacques, K ^a,b   Smith, T ^a,b   Lopes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Cranberry Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Bemisia argentifolii; Biological control; Cost evaluation; Eretmocerus eremicus; Poinsettia; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CONTROL; COST; GROWTH REGULATOR; PARASITOID; WHITEFLY;

UNITED STATES;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036747397     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0488:CCOCAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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