Morphological and molecular diagnostics of Phytoseiulus persimilis and Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-303

  Okassa, Mireille ^a   Tixier, Marie Stéphane ^a   Kreiter, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Cytb mtDNA; Diagnostics; Phytoseiulus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL ENEMY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS;

EID: 77957821579     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9364-x     Document Type: Article

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