Combining Effect of Beauveria bassaania (Bals.) and Ertemocerus mindus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Aleyrodidae; Hemiptera)

Journal of Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-81

  Al Deghairi, Mohammad A ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biocontrol agent; Entomopathogenic fungi; Interactions; Whitefly natural enemies

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEAUVERIA; BEMISIA TABACI; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 68749092716     PISSN: 18125670     EISSN: 18125689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/je.2009.72.81     Document Type: Article

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