Assessing the suitability of noncultivated plants and associated insect prey as food sources for the omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-148

  Lykouressis, D ^a   Giatropoulos, A ^a   Perdikis, D ^a   Favas, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Conservation biological control; Dittrichia viscos ; Life table; Macrolophus pygmaeus; Omnivory; Solanum nigrum; Weed

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; CAPITOPHORUS; DITTRICHIA; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MIRIDAE; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 37549029198     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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