Why is Coccidoxenoides perminutus, a mealybug parasitoid, ineffective as a biocontrol agent - Inaccurate measures of parasitism or low adult survival?

Biological Control

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-268

  Ceballo, Flor A ^a,b   Walter, Gimme H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Adult food; Alpinia zerumbet; Biological control; Conservation; Datura candida; Field adult survival; Field parasitism; Habitat manipulation; Host behaviour; Mealybug mummification; Planococcus citri

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA; ALPINIA ZERUMBET; BRUGMANSIA CANDIDA; CANDIDA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; DATURA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18844365602     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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