Seasonal Population Fluctuations of Serangium parcesetosum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a Predator of Citrus Whitefly, Dialeurodes citri (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean Citrus Groves

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1105-1114

  Yigit, Abdurrahman ^a,b   Canhilal, Ramazan ^a   Ekmekci, Ugur ^a  

^a Plant Protection Research Institute Adana   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Citrus whitefly; Coccus hesperidum; Dialeurodes citri; Serangium parcesetosum

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WHITEFLY;

TURKEY;

ALEYRODIDAE; CHILOCORUS BIPUSTULATUS; CITRUS; COCCIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COCCOIDEA; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; COLEOPTERA; DIALEURODES; DIALEURODES CITRI; EXOCHOMUS QUADRIPUSTULATUS; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; SERANGIUM; SERANGIUM PARCESETOSUM;

EID: 0242499478     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1105     Document Type: Article

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