Preplant release of Nesidiocoris tenuis and supplementary tactics for control of Tuta absoluta and Bemisa tabaci in greenhouse tomato

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Calvo, Francisco J ^a   Lorente, María J ^a   Stansly, Philip A ^b   Belda, José E ^a  

^a R and D Department   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Bacillus thuringiensis; Gelechiidae; Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Lepidoptera; Miridae; Plant propagator; Trichogrammaachaeae; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; HERB; INSECT; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALEYRODIDAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BEMISIA TABACI; GELECHIIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; NAGARKATTI; TRICHOGRAMMA ACHAEAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 84859575163     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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