Impact of emigrating seed chalcid, Megastigmus spermotrophus wachtl (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), on seed production in a Douglas-fir seed orchard in France and modelling of orchard invasion

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-19

  Jarry, Marc ^a   Candau, Jean Noël ^b   Roques, Alain ^c   Ycart, Bernard ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^d LMC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGASTIGMUS SPERMOTROPHUS; HYMENOPTERA; PINACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TORYMIDAE;

DOUGLAS-FIR; PEST INFESTATION; SEED ORCHARD;

FRANCE;

EID: 0030616970     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent1297-1     Document Type: Article

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