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Filtering by: Creator Messing, Russell H. Subject Myzocallis coryli (Goetze)

The biology of the predator complex of the filbert aphid, Myzocallis coryli (Goetze), in western Oregon

Creator:

Messing, Russell H.

Abstract:

Commercial filbert orchards throughout the Willamette Valley were surveyed for natural enemies of the filbert aphid, Myzocallis coryli (Goetze). A large number of predaceous insects were found to prey upon M. coryli, particularly members of the families Coccinellidae, Miridae, Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae, and Syrphidae. Also, a parasitic Hymenopteran (Mesidiopsis sp.) and...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis