Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) population parameters and biological characteristics when feeding on eggplant and tomato without prey

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1291-1298

  Perdikis, Dionyssios Ch ^a   Lykouressis, Dionyssios P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological control; Life table; Macrolophus pygmaeus; Phytophagy; Predator

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; HEMIPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELONGENA; MIRIDAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 4444265836     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.4.1291     Document Type: Article

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