Impact of release rates on the effectiveness of augmentative biological control agents

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Crowder, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947358225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.007.1501     Document Type: Article

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