ARCASIM, a model to evaluate augmentation strategies of the parasitoid Catolaccus grandis against boll weevil populations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 221-235

  Morales Ramos, Juan A ^a   Summy, Kenneth R ^b   King, Edgar G ^a  

^a Poisonous Plant Res Lab Logan   (United States)

^b U States Dept of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Boll weevil; Parasitoid; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CATOLACCUS GRANDIS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; MALVACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BOLL WEEVIL; COTTON; MODELLING; PARASITOID; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030590905     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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