Delphastus catalinae and Coleomegilla maculata lengi (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) as biological control agents of the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1073-1078

  Lucas, Éric ^a   Labrecque, Claude ^a   Coderre, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coccinellidae; Coleomegilla maculata lengi; Delphastus catalinae; Interaction; Pubescence; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; WHITEFLY;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; GREENHOUSE; HORTICULTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDATION; PREDATOR; WHITEFLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; EUPHORBIA; HEMIPTERA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; ONAGRACEAE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ALEYRODIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; COROLLA; DELPHASTUS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; FUCHSIA; FUCHSIA HYBRID CULTIVAR; HEMIPTERA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

EID: 7044260453     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.916     Document Type: Article

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