Statewide distribution of parasitoids of the alfalfa weevil in Tennessee

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-51

  Copley, Kenneth J ^a   Grant, Jerome F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Alfalfa weevil; Bathyplectes anurus; Bathyplectes curculionis; Biological control; Hypera postica; Medicago sativa; Microctonus aethiopoides; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003374632     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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