Search for effective natural enemies of Tetranychus evansi in south and southeast Brazil

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 157-174

  Furtado, Imeuda P ^a,b   De Moraes, Gilberto J ^a   Kreiter, Serge ^c   Knapp, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b URCA   (Brazil)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

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

Author keywords

Biological control; Phytoseiidae; Phytoseiulus longipes; Tetranychus evansi

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MITE; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SEASON; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; MITE INFESTATIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; SEASONS; SOLANACEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; GALENDROMUS ANNECTENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEOSEIULUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; PHYTOSEIUS; SOLANACEAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI;

EID: 33846822931     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9045-y     Document Type: Article

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