Intra-guild interactions between the parasitoid Aphytis lingnanensis and the predator Chilocorus circumdatus: Implications for the biological control of armoured scales

Biological Control

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-175

  Vanaclocha, P ^a   Papacek, D ^b   Monzo C ^c   Verdu M J ^a   Urbaneja, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b Bugs for Bugs   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armoured scales; Biological control; Citrus; Functional response; Intraguild predation (IGP)

Indexed keywords

APHYTIS LINGNANENSIS; CHILOCORUS CIRCUMDATUS; CITRUS; DIASPIDIDAE;

EID: 84876312374     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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