Artificially-reared whiteflies, Bemisia argentifolii, (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) as hosts for parasitic wasps

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 474-480

  Davidson, Elizabeth W ^a   Farmer, Faye E ^a   Jones, Walker A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci B biotype; Biological control; Encarsia formosa; Eretmocerus eremicus; Eretmocerus mundus; Parasitoid; Rearing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOID; REARING; WASP;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; BEMISIA TABACI; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0036748349     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0474:ARWBAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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