Suppression of a Caribbean fruit fly (Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) Diptera: Tephritidae) population through augmented releases of the parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Sivinski, J M ^a   Calkins, C O ^a   Baranowski, R ^b   Harris, D ^c   Brambila, J ^c   Diaz, J ^c   Burns, R E ^c   Holler, T ^d   Dodson, G ^e  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastrepha suspensa; augmented release; biological control; Braconidae; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Doryctobracon areolatus; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANASTREPHA SUSPENSA; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIPTERA; DORYCTOBRACON; DORYCTOBRACON AREOLATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030130433     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0022     Document Type: Article

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