Predatory mites associated with Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Native solanaceous plants of coastal Pernambuco state, Brazil;Ácaros predadores associados a Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) em solanáceas nativas do litoral de Pernambuco

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-692

  Rosa, Alexsandra A ^a   Gondim Jr , Manoel G C ^a   Fiaboe, Komi K M ^a   de Moraes, Gilberto J ^b   Markus, Knapp ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biological control; Phytoseiidae; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; ASCA; ASCIDAE; BREVIPALPUS PHOENICIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; PHYTOSEIUS; SOLANACEAE; TENUIPALPIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 33746753147     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000400021     Document Type: Article

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