Fuctional response and plant preference of nephaspis oculatus (coleoptera: Coccinellidae), preying on bemisia argentifolii (homoptera: aleyrodidm) in the laboratory

Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Tong Xian, L I U ^a   Stansly, Philip A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coccinellid; Functional response; Predation; Whiteflie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989277710     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2002.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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