Life history of Eretmocerus mundus, a parasitoid of Bemisia tabaci, on tomato and sweet pepper

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-39

  Urbaneja, Alberto ^a,c   Sánchez, Eugenia ^a   Stansly, Philip A ^b  

^a Koppert Biological Systems SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Augmentative biological control; Biology; Demographic parameters; Developmental time; Fecundity; Intrinsic rate of increase; Life table; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; PARASITOID; SURVIVAL; WASP; WHITEFLY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846458675     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9014-8     Document Type: Article

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