Incidence of parasitoids and parasitism of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in numerous crops

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1030-1036

  Simmons, Alvin M ^a,b   Abd Rabou, Shaaban ^a,c   McCutcheon, Gloria S ^a,d  

^a USDA ARS US Vegetable Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c German Found for Intl Development   (Germany)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biocontrol; Encarsia; Eretmocerus; Vegetable; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; WHITEFLY;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; BRASSICA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA PERGANDIELLA; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIRSUTUM; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0036963129     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1030     Document Type: Article

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