Studies on the damage potential of the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis on tomato plants

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Perdikis, Dionyssios ^a   Fantinou, Argyro ^a   Garantonakis, Nikolaos ^a   Kitsis, Pavios ^a   Maselou, Dionyssia ^a   Panagakis, Stavros ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flower abortion; Mirid; Necrotic rings; Polyphaghy

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77952014083     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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