Foraging behaviour of parasitoids of bemisia argentifolii on poinsettia

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-267

  Hudák, Krisztina ^a,b   Van Lenteren, Joop C ^a   Yu, Tong Qiu ^a   Pénzes, Béla ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amitus bennetti; Bemisia argentifolii; Encarsia formosa; Eretmocerus eremicus; Eretmocerus mundus; Evaluation of natural enemies; Foraging behaviour; Poinsettia

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS BENNETTI; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA;

EID: 18844390353     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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