First record of the invasive mite Tetranychus evansi in Greece

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-522

  Tsagkarakou, A ^a   Cros Arteil, S ^b   Navajas, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer (ITS2); Red spider mite; Solanaceae; Solanum nigrum; Tetranychidae; Tetranychus turkestani; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TETRANYCHUS TURKESTANI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 35848929900     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03020610     Document Type: Article

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