Rapid, high-throughput detection of azalea lace bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae) predation by chrysoperla rufilabris (neuroptera: Chrysopidae), using fluorescent-polymerase chain reaction primers

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2136-2141

  Rinehart, Timothy A ^a   Boyd Jr , David W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azaleas; Biological control; Fluorescence; Molecular detection; Stephanitis pyrioides

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOPERLA RUFILABRIS; CHRYSOPIDAE; HEMIPTERA; NEUROPTERA; RHODODENDRON; STEPHANITIS PYRIOIDES; TINGIDAE;

EID: 34248681021     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.6.2136     Document Type: Article

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