Plant food effects on prey consumption by the omnivorous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-309

  Lykouressis, Dionyssios ^a   Perdikis, Dionyssios ^a   Charalampous, Panagiota ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Generalist predator; Myzus persicae; Pepper; Plant feeding; Pollen; Prey density; Tomato

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS; MIRIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 84902127477     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-013-0360-7     Document Type: Article

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