The predatory mirid Dicyphus maroccanus as a new potential biological control agent in tomato crops

BioControl

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 565-574

  Abbas, Sadek ^a   Pérez Hedo, Meritxell ^b   Colazza, Stefano ^a   Urbaneja, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Development time; Intrinsic rate of increase; Miridae; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FRUIT; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

DICYPHUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE;

EID: 84907705215     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: 15738248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-014-9587-6     Document Type: Article

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