Natural mortality of leaffooted bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) eggs in cowpea

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Mitchell, Paula Levin ^a   Paysen, Eric S ^a,b   Muckenfuss, Adam E ^a,b,c   Schaffer, Mark ^a,b   Shepard, B Merle ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mycogen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coreidae; Cowpea; Gryon; Heteroptera; Leptoglossus phyllopus; Parasitism; Predation; Scelionidae; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039965059     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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