Zoophytophagy in the plantbug Nesidiocoris tenuis

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-80

  Sanchez, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heteroptera; Humidity; Omnivore; Plant feeding; Population dynamics; Predatory mirid; Temperature; Tomato; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE;

EID: 42149164389     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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