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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2001 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 1259-1263
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1259.1263
Distribution, Hosts, Ecology and Biotic Potentials of Coccinellids of Pakistan
Mohammad Irshad

Abstract: Coccinellids are the important natural enemies of aphids, scale insects, mealy bugs, mites etc. They had been used in classical biological control in the past. Recently they are being augmented or conserved for population reduction of pests in the concept of Integrated Pest Management. In Pakistan, 71 species of these predators are found in different ecologies associated with different pests. They have the potential to be used in oilseed crops, orchard and forest ecologies for the control of aphids and scale insects. In other habitats of their host pests these coccinelids have also some role to play. All these species have been documented along with their hosts, biology, ecology and biotic potential. Their use in different habitats has also been discussed in the prevalent Pakistani conditions.

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Mohammad Irshad , 2001. Distribution, Hosts, Ecology and Biotic Potentials of Coccinellids of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 1259-1263.

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