Scarlet firethorn, Pyrecantha coccinea as an alternative host to the woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Homoptera: Eriosomatidae) and its sole parasitoid Aphelinus mali (Hald.)

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1821-1823

  Ateyyat, Mazen ^a   Al Antary, Tawfiq ^b   Abu Romman, Saeid ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alternative host; Eriosoma lanigerum; Pyrecantha coccinea; Scarlet firethorn

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856436843     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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