Population suppression of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) using yellow sticky traps and Eretmocerus nr. Rajasthanicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on tomato plants in greenhouses

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-270

  Gu, Xi Shu ^a,b,c   Bu, Wen Jun ^a   Xu, Wei Hong ^b   Bai, Yi Chuan ^b   Liu, Bai Ming ^b   Liu, Tong Xian ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouses; Parasitoids; Physical control; Sweetpotato whitefly; Yellow sticky cards

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; ERETMOCERUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 65249139460     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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