Browsing Masters Theses by Subject "Insects as biological pest control agents"

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Intraspecies transmission and effects of an unidentified microsporidium on the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae), used for biological control

Joudrey, Philip E. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2006)

Convergent lady beetles, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, are often used for aphid control in agriculture and in home gardens. Beetles are collected from overwintering sites in California and are customarily released ...
Ultrastructure and tissue pathology of two microsporidia infecting the two-spotted lady beetle, Adalia bipunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and the green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea Stephens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), used for biological control

Steele, Thomas Jean (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

Two undescribed microsporidia were found in insects that are commercially available for biological control: one from field-collected Adaliae bipunctata and another from Chrysoperla carnea purchased from a commercial ...

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