Biological characteristics of adult Anagyrus ananatis Gahan (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-103

  González Hernández, Héctor ^a   Pandey, Raju R ^b   Johnson, Marshall W ^c,d  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagyrus ananatis; Biological control; Dysmicoccus brevipes; Dysmicoccus neobrevipes; Host preference; Mealybugs; Pineapple; Rearing

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ANANAS COMOSUS; DYSMICOCCUS BREVIPES; DYSMICOCCUS NEOBREVIPES; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 26444589087     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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