Two-sex life table and predation rate of Propylaea japonica Thunberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) fed on Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-333

  Chi, Hsin ^a   Yang, Ta Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Division of Crop Environment   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Life table; Predation rate; Propylaea japonica Thunberg

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE TABLE; PREDATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; JAPONICA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PROPYLAEA; PROPYLAEA JAPONICA;

EID: 0037396911     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.2.327     Document Type: Article

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