Effect of contact pesticides on vine mealybug parasitoids, Anagyrus sp. near pseudococci (Girault) and Coccidoxenoides perminutus (Timberlake) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-116

  Mgocheki, N ^a   Addison, P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biological control; Mortality; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ARTHROPODA; COCCIDOXENOIDES PERMINUTUS; ENCYRTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PLANOCOCCUS (INSECT); PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 77952939042     PISSN: 0253939X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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