Studies onAphytis coheni, a parasite of the California red scale,Aonidiella aurantii in Israel

BioControl - Tập 15 - Trang 191-207 - 1970
Z. Avidov1, M. Balshin1, U. Gerson1
1Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel

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Studies on the development, fecundity, nutrition and the influence of temperature and humidity onAphytis coheni DeBach, an ectoparasite of the California red scale,Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) were conducted in an effort to explain the current distribution ofA. coheni in citrus groves in Israel.

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