METHOD FOR CULTURING SERANGIUM-PARCESETOSUM SICARD (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) ON BEMISIA-TABACI GENN (HOMOPTERA, ALEYRODIDAE)


YIGIT A.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PFLANZENKRANKHEITEN UND PFLANZENSCHUTZ-JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION, cilt.99, sa.5, ss.525-527, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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A simple and economical method for culturing Serangium parcesetosum, a predator of Citrus whitefly, Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead), by using cotton whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) as a prey was described on two different host plants; 'Aleppo 1' cultivar of Gossypium hirsutum L and 'Black Beauty' cultivar of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.).