Establishment of the ash whitefly parasitoid Encarsia inaron (Walker) and its economic benefit to ornamental street trees in California

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 260-272

  Pickett, Charles H ^a   Ball, Joe C ^a   Casanave, Kathleen C ^a   Klonsky, Karen M ^a,b   Jetter, Karen M ^a,b   Bezark, Larry G ^a   Schoenig, Steve E ^a  

^a California Dept of Food/Agric   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcyrodidae; ash whitefly; biological control; economics; Encarsia inaron; Siphoninus phillyreae; superparasitism

Indexed keywords

ENCARSIA INARON;

EID: 0030130422     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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