Functional responses of Encarsia perniciosi (Tower) and Encarsia citrina (CRAW.) to Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) in response to temperature [electronic resource].

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Prior to the field release of natural enemies in bio-control programs, it is essential to evaluate their efficiency under laboratory conditions. One infonnative method is the functional response of natural enemy to host density. Moreover, temperature is an important factor that affects the efficiency of bio-control agent. First, the effect of densities of the diaspidid host, Quadraspidiotus pemiciosus (Comstock) on functional response types of the aphelinid parasitoids,

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