A phytoseiid predator from the tropics as potential biological control agent for the spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Oliveira, Hamilton ^a   Janssen, Arne ^b   Pallini, Angelo ^a   Venzon, Madelaine ^c   Fadini, Marcos ^c   Duarte, Vanessa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Local prey population; Phytoseiulus macropilis; Predatory mites; Prey stages; Strawberry plants

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 34347359713     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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