Biological control and integrated pest management

Integrated Pest Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 207-239

  Orr, David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Beneficial organisms; Conservation biocontrol; Importation biocontrol; Parasitoids; Predators

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052253966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8992-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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