Functional response of the predator Eriopis connexa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to different prey types

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Sarmento, Renato Almeida ^a   Pallini, Angelo ^a   Venzon, Madelaine ^b   De Souza, Og Francisco Fonseca ^a   Molina Rugama, Adrián José ^a   De Oliveira, Claudinei Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphids; Biological control; Coccinellids; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill; Mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ERIOPIS CONNEXA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI;

EID: 33947216513     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000100014     Document Type: Article

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