Natural enemies of the Coccinellidae: Parasites, pathogens, and parasitoids

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-312

  Riddick, E W ^a   Cottrell, T E ^b   Kidd, K A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Dept of Ag   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Coccipolipus hippodamiae; Dinocampus coccinellae; Hesperomyces virescens; Pediobius foveolatus; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; COCCINELLIDAE; COCCIPOLIPUS HIPPODAMIAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DINOCAMPUS COCCINELLAE; FUNGI; HESPEROMYCES VIRESCENS; NEMATODA; PEDIOBIUS FOVEOLATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70349270604     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.008     Document Type: Review

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