Does the presence of weeds affect Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infestation on tomato plants in a semi-arid agro-ecosystem?;A presença de plantas invasoras afeta a infestação de tomateiros por Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) em um agro-ecossistema do semi-árido?

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 769-775

  Bezerra, Mary Ann S ^a   de Oliveira, Maria R V ^b   Vasconcelos, Simão D ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga; Host preference; Weeds; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ALEYRODIDAE; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS DEFLEXUS; BEMISIA TABACI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846693963     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2004000600015     Document Type: Article

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