Spider predators of lepidopteran eggs in south Texas field crops

Biological Control

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-208

  Pfannenstiel, Robert S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cursorial spiders; Egg predation; Nocturnal

Indexed keywords

ANYPHAENIDAE; ARANEAE; CHEIRACANTHIUM INCLUSUM; CLUBIONIDAE; GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GRAMMONOTA TEXANA; HIBANA ARUNDA; HIBANA FUTILIS; LINYPHIIDAE; MITURGIDAE; SALTICIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 45849100886     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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