Augmentation of the Egg Parasitoid Anaphes iole (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) for Lygus hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae) Management in Strawberries

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1406-1414

  Norton, Andrew P ^a,b   Welter, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphes iole; Augmentation; Biological control; fragaria; Lygus hesperus; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001167930     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.6.1406     Document Type: Article

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