Competitive interaction between the braconid parasitoid, Meteorus rubens Nees and the entomogenous nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser) on larvae of Agrotis ipsilon Hufn. (Lep., Noctuidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-153

  Zaki, F N ^a   Awadallah, K T ^b,c   Gesraha, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS IPSILON; BRACONIDAE; METEORUS; METEORUS RUBENS; NOCTUIDAE; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE;

EID: 0030876987     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1997.tb01385.x     Document Type: Article

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