Functional and numerical responses of coccinella transversalis fab. and cheilomenes sexmaculatus fab. feeding on the melon aphid, aphis gossypii glov

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 335-339

  Veeravel, R ^a   Baskaran, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Cheilomenes sexmaculatus; Coccinella transversalis; Eggplant; Functional response; Numerical response; Prey density

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346962212     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400019159     Document Type: Article

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