Biological control of Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard and Tetranychus urticae Koch by Phytoseiulus longipes Evans in tomato greenhouses in Spain [Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae]

Biological Control

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Ferrero, M ^a   Calvo, F J ^b   Atuahiva, T ^a   Tixier, M S ^a   Kreiter, S ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Poligono Industrial Ciudad del Transporte ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biological control; Phytoseiulus longipes; Population dynamics; Solanaceae; Tetranychus evansi; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; SOLANACEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 79956157910     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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