Residence period of a flightless strain of the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in open fields

Biological Control

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Seko, Tomokazu ^a   Yamashita, Ken ichi ^b   Miura, Kazuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Institute of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Flightless strain; Genetic improvement; Harmonia axyridis; Open fields; Selection

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 53049085516     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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