Interactions of two natural enemies of Tetranychus evansi, the fungal pathogen Neozygites floridana (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales) and the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus longipes (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-414

  Wekesa, V W ^a   Moraes, G J ^a   Knapp, M ^b   Delalibera Jr , I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Capilliconidia; Classical biological control; Grooming; Hyphal bodies; Neozygites floridana; Phytoseiulus longipes; Tetranychus evansi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; NEOZYGITES FLORIDANA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 34247844483     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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