Cumulative temperature requirements and development thresholds in two populations of Dicyphus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-683

  Gillespie, David R ^a   Sanchez, J Antonio Sanchez ^b   McGregor, R R ^c  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Ctro Invest Y Desarrollo A   (Spain)

^c DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SUMMERLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DICYPHUS; DICYPHUS HESPERUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 8444253780     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-111     Document Type: Article

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