Potential cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, population suppression by arthropod predators in upland cotton

Insect Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 778-788

  Shrestha, Ram B ^a   Parajulee, Megha N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Biological control; Cotton IPM; Functional response; Hippodamia convergens; Natural suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCORIDAE; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOPIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; MELYRIDAE; NABIDAE; REDUVIIDAE; SCYMNUS (BEETLE);

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COTTON APHID; COTTON IPM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GOSSYPIUM; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; NATURAL SUPPRESSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

APHIS GOSSYPII; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON IPM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; NATURAL SUPPRESSION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FOOD CHAIN; GOSSYPIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEXAS;

EID: 84887606113     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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