Phytoseiid predator of whitefly feeds on plant tissue

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Nomikou, Maria ^a   Janssen, Arne ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Euseius scutalis; Pollen; Systemic pesticide; Typhlodromips swirskii

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MITE; NECTAR; POLLEN; PREDATION;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EUSEIUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ALDICARB; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEMIPTERA; MITE; NETHERLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SURVIVAL;

ALDICARB; ANIMALS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEMIPTERA; MITES; NETHERLANDS; OVIPOSITION; PESTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RICINUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1142275514     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000005150.33813.04     Document Type: Article

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