Behavioral and developmental effects of neem extracts on Clavigralla scutellaris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) and its egg parasitoid, Gryon fulviventre (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 916-923

  Mitchell, Paula Levin ^a,b   Gupta, Reetika ^a   Singh, Ashok K ^a   Kumar, Pradyumn ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MAIZE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Biological control; Pigeonpea

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CAJANUS CAJAN; CLAVIGRALLA SCUTELLARIS; COREIDAE; GRYON; GRYON FULVIVENTRE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SCELIONIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3142639368     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2004)097[0916:badeon]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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