Seasonal abundance and spatial distribution of the predator Macrolophus costalis and its prey Myzus persicae on tobacco

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-18

  Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^b   Ragkou, Venedikti S ^c   Buchelos, Constantine Th ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Macrolophus costalis; Myzus persicae; Seasonal abundance; Spatial distribution; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS COSTALIS; MIRIDAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TITHOREA;

EID: 0037219667     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979762     Document Type: Article

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