Response of Trichogramma egg parasitoids to colored sticky traps

BioControl

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-27

  Romeis, J ^a,b,d   Shanower, T G ^a,c   Zebitz, C P W ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Color preference; Habitat location; Parasitoids; Sticky traps; Trichogramma spp

Indexed keywords

AVES; TRICHOGRAMMA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0003461627     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009905722193     Document Type: Article

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