U.K. winter egg survival in the field and laboratory diapause of Typhlodromips montdorensis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Hatherly, Ian S ^a   Bale, Jeffrey S ^a   Walters, Keith F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Biocontrol; Cold tolerance; Establishment potential; Glasshouse; Non native species; Overwintering; Phytoseiidae; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DIAPAUSE; EGG; PEST CONTROL; SURVIVAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACARI; ARANEAE; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; TYPHLODROMIPS MONTDORENSIS;

EID: 14344250304     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2005.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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