Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda

BioControl

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Otim, M ^a   Legg, J ^b,c   Kyamanywa, S ^a   Polaszek, A ^d   Gerling, D ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Bemisia tabaci; Cassava; Encarsia mineoi; Encarsia sophia; Eretmocerus mundus; Homoptera; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA MINEOI; ENCARSIA SOPHIA; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 13244259495     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-004-0822-4     Document Type: Article

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