Plant damage to vegetable crops by zoophytophagous mirid predators

Biological Control

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Castane Cristina C ^a   Arnó, Judit ^a   Gabarra, Rosa ^a   Alomar, Oscar ^a  

^a IRTA Entomology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Feeding injuries; Generalist predators; Omnivory; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

DICYPHUS HESPERUS; DICYPHUS TAMANINII; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 80054683044     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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