Investigations on the potential damage caused to cucumber fruit by the polyphagous predatory bug Dicyphus tamaninii Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) under different nutritional conditions

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Sengonca, C ^a   Saleh, A ^a   Blaeser, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Biological control; Cucumber; Dicyphus tamaninii; Leaf fruit preference; Plant damage; Predator

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; NUTRITION; PREDATOR;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DICYPHUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0037279518     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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