Survey of the natural enemies of Dysmicoccus mealybugs on pineapple in Hawaii

BioControl

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-58

  González Hernández, Héctor ^a,b   Reimer, Neil J ^a,c   Johnson, Marshall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c State of Hawaii ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anagyrus ananatis; Classical biological control; Dysmicoccus spp.; Nephus bilucernarius; Pheidole megacephala; Pineapple mealybugs

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ANANAS COMOSUS; DYSMICOCCUS; DYSMICOCCUS BREVIPES; DYSMICOCCUS NEOBREVIPES; FORMICIDAE; HAWAIIA; LOBODIPLOSIS PSEUDOCOCCI; MEGACEPHALA; NEPHUS BILUCERNARIUS; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; STICHOLOTIS RUFICEPS;

EID: 2142814178     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009954625169     Document Type: Review

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