Response of Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hym.: Aphidiidae) from mummified Myzus persicae sulzer (Hom.: Aphididae) to short term cold storage

International Pest Control

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 262-265

  Abdel Wali, Marwan Ibraheem ^a   Mustafa, Tawfiq M ^b  

^a National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer Jordan   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS MATRICARIAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33750373275     PISSN: 00208256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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