In vitro rearing of the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Ectoparasitoid Catolaccus grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on meridic diets

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1095-1104

  Rojas, Maria G ^a   Morales Ramos, Juan A ^a   King, Edgar G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis grandis; augmentation; biological control; in vitro rearing; mass propagation; parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS GRANDIS; CATOLACCUS; CATOLACCUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 0030485002     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1095     Document Type: Article

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