Suitability of the citrus brown mite, Eutetranychus orientalis as prey for nine species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, phytoseiidae)

Acarologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-23

  Momen, Faten ^a   El Borolossy, Maher ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological pest control; Eutetranycha orientalis; Phytoseiidae; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038938354     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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