Biological control of an acarine pest by single and multiple natural enemies

Biological Control

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Cakmak, Ibrahim ^a   Janssen, Arne ^b   Sabelis, Maurice W ^b   Baspinar, Huseyin ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Intraguild predation; Neoseiulus californicus; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Predatory mites; Spider mites; Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS;

EID: 67349091042     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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