Molecular determination of the predator community of a cassava whitefly in Colombia: Pest-specific primer development and field validation

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-131

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   López Lavalle, Luis Augusto Becerra ^b   Parsa, Soroush ^b   Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^b,c  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c CIAT   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aleurotrachelus socialis; Biological control; Harmonia axyridis; Molecular gut analysis; PCR; Predator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893915031     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-013-0509-7     Document Type: Article

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