Biological Control of Bruchids in Cowpea Stores by Release of Dinarmus basalis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Adults

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 717-725

  Sanon, A ^a   Ouedraogo, A P ^a   Tricault, Y ^c   Credland, P F ^b   Huignard, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bruchidae; Entomophagous hymenoptera; Insect population dynamics; Storage systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000054565     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.3.717     Document Type: Article

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