A comparative study on the efficacy of a pest-specific and prey-marking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of predation

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Mansfield, Sarah ^a,c   Hagler, James R ^b   Whitehouse, Mary E A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Dicranolaius bellulus; Gut content analysis; Hippodamia variegata; Melyridae; Monoclonal antibody; Predatory beetles; Rabbit IgG

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; EGG PREDATION; ENZYME; IMMUNOASSAY; MOTH;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DICRANOLAIUS BELLULUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HIPPODAMIA VARIEGATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELYRIDAE; NOCTUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 43549093263     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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