Aspects of prey relations in the coccidophagous ladybird Chilocorus nigritus relevant to its use as a biological control agent of scale insects in temperate glasshouses

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-640

  Ponsonby, D J ^a   Copland, M J W ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coccidae; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Diaspididae greenhouses; Homoptera; Plantscapes; Prey switching

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; LARVA; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ABGRALLASPIS CYANOPHYLLI; CHILOCORUS NIGRITUS; COCCIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COCCUS HESPERIDUM; COLEOPTERA; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PINNASPIS BUXI; SAISSETIA COFFEAE;

EID: 34548188588     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9066-9     Document Type: Article

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