Efficacy of Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis in suppression of Tetranychus urticae in young clementine plants

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-328

  Abad Moyano, Raquel ^a   Pina, Tatiana ^a,b   Pérez Panadés, Jordi ^a   Carbonell, Emilio A ^a   Urbaneja, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acari; Biological control; Citrus; Inoculative releases; Phytoseiidae; Tetranychidae

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FOLIAGE; FRUIT; INOCULATION; MITE; NATURAL ENEMY; ORCHARD; PARASITE INFESTATION; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CITRUS FRUIT; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SEASON; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; CITRUS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; SEASONS; TETRANYCHIDAE;

SPAIN;

ACARI; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 77950689056     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9318-3     Document Type: Article

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