Influence of light intensity, photoperiod, and temperature on the efficacy of two aphelinid parasitoids of the greenhouse whitefly

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 581-589

  Zilahi Balogh, G M G ^a   Shipp, J L ^a   Cloutier, C ^b   Brodeur, J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Encarsia formosa; Eretmocerus eremicus; Greenhouse climate; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 33750243397     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.581     Document Type: Article

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