Effect of cold exposure and photoperiod on diapause termination of the predatory mite Euseius finlandicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1216-1221

  Broufas, G D ^a,b   Pappas, M L ^a   Koveos, D S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Diapause termination; Euseius finlandicus; Photoperiod; Phytoseiidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIAPAUSE; MITE; PEST SPECIES; PHOTOPERIOD; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACARI; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 33845251104     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1216:EOCEAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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