Effect of nitrogen fertility on reproduction and development of citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri Risso (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), feeding on two colors of coleus, Solenostemon scutellarioides L. Codd

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-211

  Hogendorp, Brian K ^a   Cloyd, Raymond A ^a,b   Swiader, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b National Soybean Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus mealybug; Coleus; Development; Fertility; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; HERB; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; NITROGEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CITRUS; COLEUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES;

EID: 33750208612     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.201     Document Type: Article

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