Suppression of bruchids infesting stored grain legumes with the predatory bug Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Sharlene E. Sing

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Suppression of bruchids infesting stored grain legumes with the predatory bug Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sharlene E. Sing

Year:

1997

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: McGill University. Thesis. 118 p.

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Abstract

Biological control of pest Bruchidae may provide an important management strategy against infestation of stored grain legumes, a key source of dietary protein in developing countwies. Previous related research has focused on the potential of parasitoids to contwol bruchids; the role of generalist predators in this application has not yet been extensively explored.

Keywords

bruchids, Bruchidae, biological control, Xylocoris flavipes, stored grain legumes

Citation

Sing, Sharlene E. 1997. Suppression of bruchids infesting stored grain legumes with the predatory bug Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: McGill University. Thesis. 118 p.