Intrinsic competition between the parasitoids Eretmocerus mundus and Encarsia formosa in Bemisia tabaci

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-53

  Moretti, Riccardo ^a   Calvitti, Maurizio ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Aphelinidae; Biological control; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Interspecific competitive interactions; Multiparasitism; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EMERGENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; PARASITOID; TOBACCO; WASP; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NICOTIANA GLAUCA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 51749107702     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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