Season- and fruit age-dependent population dynamics of Aceria guerreronis and its associated predatory mite Neoseiulus paspalivorus on coconut in Benin

Biological Control

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Negloh, Koffi ^a,b   Hanna, Rachid ^a   Schausberger, Peter ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coconut mite; Cocos nucifera; Eriophyoid mites; Phytoseiidae; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACERIA GUERRERONIS; COCOS NUCIFERA; ERIOPHYOIDEA; NEOSEIULUS PASPALIVORUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE;

EID: 77955267017     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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