Effect of Artificial Diet on Longevity of Adult Parasitoids of Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 961-965

  Mathews, Patrick L ^a   Stephen, Frederick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Biological control; Dendroctonus frontalis; Longevity; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0000374335     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.961     Document Type: Article

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