Effect of Prey Species on Plant Feeding Behavior by the Big-Eyed Bug, Geocoris punctipes (Say) (Heteroptera: Geocoridae), on Cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1399-1403

  Tillman, P G ^a   Mullinix Jr , B G ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Cotton; Geocoris punctipes; Helicoverpa zea; Plant feeding behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PEST CONTROL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS GOSSYPII; GEOCORIDAE; GEOCORIS; GEOCORIS PUNCTIPES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; LYGAEIDAE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642529751     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.6.1399     Document Type: Article

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