How a slow-ovipositing parasitoid can succeed as a biological control agent of the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus: implications for future classical and conservation biological control programs

Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug that has become a pest of ornamental plants in Europe and has recently been detected in California, USA. In this work, we studied the tritrophic interaction among this mealybug, its main parasitoid Aceropha...

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Main Authors: Beltrá, Aleixandre, Soto, Antonia, Tena, Alejandro
Format: Artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4809

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