Feeding behavior of Serangium japonicum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 509-513

  Yao, Songlin ^a,b   Ren, Shunxiang ^a   Huang, Zhen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guizhou Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Feeding behavior; Serangium japonicum

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMIPTERA; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA TABACI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; SERANGIUM;

EID: 25844442350     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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