The potential of native prairie plant species to enhance the effectiveness of the Ostrinia nubilalis parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-143

  Orr, David B ^a,b   Pleasants, John M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EUROPEAN CORN BORER; NECTAR SOURCE; PARASITOID; WASP;

USA, IOWA;

BRACONIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROCENTRUS GRANDII; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 0030437988     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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