Two Anthocoris bugs as predators of glasshouse aphids - Voracity and prey preference

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-70

  Meyling, Nicolai Vitt ^a,c   Enkegaard, Annie ^b   Brødsgaard, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthocoridae; Anthocoris nemoralis; Anthocoris nemorum; Aphididae; Aphis fabae; Aphis gossypii; Aulacorthum solani; Biological control; Glasshouse pests; Heteroptera; Homoptera; Macrosiphum euphorbiae; Myzus persicae; Prey consumption; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ANTHOCORIDAE; ANTHOCORIS; ANTHOCORIS NEMORALIS; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIS; APHIS FABAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; AULACORTHUM SOLANI; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; TRIXIS;

EID: 2342635099     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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