Efficacy of multiple biocontrol agents against the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on tomato

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Jazzar, C ^a   Hammad, E A F ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biological control; Camptotylus reuteri; Macrolophus caliginosus; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CAMPTOTYLUS REUTERI; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS CALIGINOSUS; MIRIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; VERTICILLIUM LECANII;

EID: 2342582756     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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