Predation capacity of two predatory laelapid mites on soil-dwelling thrips stages

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Berndt, O ^a   Poehling, H M ^a   Meyhofer R ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acari; Biological control; Frankliniella occidentalis; Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) aculeifer; Laelapidae; Soil dwelling stages; Stratiolaelaps miles; Thripidae; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; MITE; PREDATION;

ACARI; FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA TRITICI; HYPOASPIS; LAELAPIDAE; STRATIOLAELAPS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 4043088457     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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