Molecular discrimination between the spider mite Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, an important pest of tomatoes in southern Africa, and the closely related species T. urticae Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-304

  Knapp, M ^a   Wagener, B ^a   Navajas, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0344928028     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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