Importance of plant size, distribution of egg masses, and weather conditions on egg parasitism of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis by Trichogramma ostriniae in sweet corn

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-345

  Wang, Baode ^a   Ferro, David N ^a   Hosmer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Egg parasitism; Logistic regression; Odds ratio; Ostrinia nubilalis; Plant size; Trichogramma ostriniae; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

EGG MASS DISTRIBUTION; EGG PARASITISM; EUROPEAN CORN BORER; PARASITIC WASP; SWEET CORN; WEATHER;

HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; POACEAE; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA OSTRINIAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030837036     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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