Influence of temperature on certain biological attributes of a ladybeetle coccinella septempunctata linnaeus

Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-193

  Srivastava, Shefali ^a   Omkar, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Aphids; Biocontrol; Coccinellidae; Ladybeetle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043082736     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2003.tb00383.x     Document Type: Article

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