Comparative life table statistics for the ladybeetle Scymnus syriacus reared on the green citrus aphid, Aphis spiraecola, fed on two host plants

Entomological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-288

  Soroushmehr, Zahra ^a   Sahragard, Ahad ^a   Salehi, Latif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Demographic statistics; Generation time; Intrinsic rate of increase; Ladybeetle; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIS SPIRAECOLA; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; SCYMNUS (BEETLE); SPIRAEA;

EID: 52349089112     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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