Nettle extract effects on the aphid Myzus persicae and its natural enemy, the predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hem., Miridae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 131, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 652-657

  Gaspari, M ^a   Lykouressis, D ^a   Perdikis, D ^a   Polissiou, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Foliar treatment; Intrinsic rate; Polyphagous predator; Urtica urens

Indexed keywords

APHID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; LARVA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL ENEMY; PREDATOR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MIRIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; SOLANUM MELONGENA; URTICA; URTICA URENS;

EID: 36348971777     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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