Ovipositional preferences and functional response of parasitoids of euonymus scale, Unaspis euonymi (Comstock) and San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) (Homoptera: Diaspididae)

Biological Control

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-347

  Matadha, Deepak ^a   Hamilton, George C ^a   Lashomb, James H ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphytis proclia; Encarsia citrina; Encarsia sp.nr. diaspidicola; Functional response; Ovipositional preference; Quadraspidiotus perniciosus; Unaspis euonymi

Indexed keywords

APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS; APHYTIS PROCLIA; DIASPIDIDAE; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA CITRINA; ENCARSIA DIASPIDICOLA; EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS SCALE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; QUADRASPIDIOTUS; QUADRASPIDIOTUS PERNICIOSUS; UNASPIS; UNASPIS EUONYMI;

EID: 13744256927     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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