The ground beetle Pseudophonus rufipes revealed as predator of Ceratitis capitata in citrus orchards

Biological Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Monzó, César ^a,b   Sabater Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Urbaneja, Alberto ^a   Castañera, Pedro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carabids; DNA prey detection; Functional response; Mediterranean fruit fly; Predators

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 78649324656     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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