Guiding Classical Biological Control of an Invasive Mealybug Using Integrative Taxonomy

Aleixandre Beltrà; Pia Addison; Juan Antonio Ávalos; Didier Crochard; Ferran Garcia-Marí; Emilio Guerrieri; Jan H. Giliomee; Thibaut Malausa; Cristina Navarro-Campos; Ferran Palero; Antonia Soto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128685

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Guiding Classical Biological Control of an Invasive Mealybug Using Integrative Taxonomy

Aleixandre Beltrà,

Affiliation Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Pia Addison,

Affiliation Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Juan Antonio Ávalos,

Affiliation Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Didier Crochard,

Affiliation INRA, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355–7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900 Sophia Antipolis, France
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Ferran Garcia-Marí,

Affiliation Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Emilio Guerrieri,

Affiliation Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Portici, Italy
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Jan H. Giliomee,

Affiliation Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Thibaut Malausa,

Affiliation INRA, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355–7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900 Sophia Antipolis, France
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Cristina Navarro-Campos,

Current address: R&D Department, Biobest Belgium N.V., Westerlo, Belgium

Affiliation Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Ferran Palero,

Affiliation INRA, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 1355–7254 Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06900 Sophia Antipolis, France
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Antonia Soto

* E-mail: asoto@eaf.upv.es

Affiliation Institut Agroforestal Mediterrani, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Guiding Classical Biological Control of an Invasive Mealybug Using Integrative Taxonomy

Aleixandre Beltrà,
Pia Addison,
Juan Antonio Ávalos,
Didier Crochard,
Ferran Garcia-Marí,
Emilio Guerrieri,
Jan H. Giliomee,
Thibaut Malausa,
Cristina Navarro-Campos,
Ferran Palero

Published: June 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128685

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