Ovipositional responses of three opiine fruit fly parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to gall-forming tephritids (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Duan, Jian J ^a   Purcell, Mary F ^b   Messing, Russell H ^a  

^a University of Hawaii's   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconidae; Fruit flies; Nontarget effects; Opiinae; Oviposition; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIACHASMIMORPHA TRYONI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUTRETA XANTHOCHAETA; HYMENOPTERA; LANTANA; OPIINAE; OPIUS; PHAEOGRAMMA; PROCECIDOCHARES ALANI; PSYTTALIA FLETCHERI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0031171721     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0526     Document Type: Article

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