Development and growth ratio of predaceous coccinellid, Sasajiscymnus quinquepunctatus (Weise) on papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink

Kasetsart Journal - Natural Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-426

  Saengyot, Samaporn ^a   Burikam, Intawat ^b  

^a MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Invasive alien species; Papaya mealybug; Paracoccus marginatus; Sasajiscymnus quinquepunctatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865183544     PISSN: 00755192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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