Impact of low release rates of the assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Creontiades spp. (Hemiptera: Miridae) in cotton

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-82

  Grundy, Paul R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inundative; IPM; Mass release; Nabis; Predators

Indexed keywords

CREONTIADES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; NABIS; NOCTUIDAE; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 2342577412     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2003.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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