Specificity of Anagyrus sp. nov. nr. sinope and Leptomastix dactylopii for six mealybug species

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-308

  Chong, Juang Horng ^a,b   Oetting, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Encyrtidae; Hemiptera; Host specificity; Hymenoptera; Non target effect; Oviposition behavior; Pseudococcidae

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; WASP;

ANAGYRUS; ENCYRTIDAE; FERRISIA VIRGATA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMASTIX DACTYLOPII; PHENACOCCUS MADEIRENSIS; PHENACOCCUS SOLANI; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS LONGISPINUS; PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI;

EID: 34247329776     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9025-5     Document Type: Article

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