Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in northeastern and southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1395, 2007, Pages 33-58

  Fiaboe, Komi K M ^a,e   Gondim Jr , Manoel G C ^b   De Moraes, Gilberto J ^c   Ogol, Callistus K P O ^d   Knapp, Markus ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Exploration; Predatory mites; Stethorus tridens; Tetranychus evansi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; ARANEAE; ASCA; CUNAXOIDES; FELTIELLA; HEXAPODA; HOMEOPRONEMATUS ANCONAI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOSEIUS; PRONEMATUS UBIQUITUS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; STETHORUS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TRIDENS; TYPHLODROMALUS PEREGRINUS; TYPHLODROMUS;

EID: 33846671141     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1395.1.2     Document Type: Review

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