Production of Heteropteran Predators

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 57-100

  De Clercq, Patrick ^a   Coudron, Thomas A ^b   Riddick, Eric W ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocoridae; Heteroptera; Lygaeidae; Miridae; Nabidae; Pentatomidae; Predatory bugs; Reduviidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902415318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391453-8.00003-0     Document Type: Chapter

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