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Selecting for insecticide resistance in a California red scale parasitoid
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California Agriculture 43(1):17-18.
Published January 01, 1989
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Abstract
Natural insecticide resistance of a biological control agent of California red scale was augmented in the laboratory, suggesting that selected strains of the parasitoid, Aphytis melinus, may be able to survive in citrus groves sprayed with carbaryl.