Impact of the zoophytophagous plant bug nesidiocoris tenuis (Heteroptera: Miridae) on Tomato yield

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1864-1870

  Sanchez J A ^a   Lacasa, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density thresholds; Dicyphinae; Integrated pest management; Omnivory; Plant tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HETEROPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POPULATION DENSITY;

HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; SOLANUM;

EID: 57849146803     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-101.6.1864     Document Type: Article

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