Genetic variation in field and laboratory populations of the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Kneeland, Kathleen ^a   Coudron, Thomas A ^b   Lindroth, Erica ^a   Stanley, David ^b   Foster, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Genetic similarity; Heteroptera; Pentatomidae; Predatory bug; Stink bug

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR; REARING; WILD POPULATION;

MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

HETEROPTERA; LACUNA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 84859596113     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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