Suppression of boll weevil infestations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occurring on fallow-season cotton in southern Texas by augmentative releases of Catolaccus grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-215

  Summy, K R ^a   Greenberg, S M ^a   Morales Ramos, J A ^a   King, E G ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Biological control; Boll weevil; Catolaccus grandis; Cotton; Pest management

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; CATOLACCUS; CATOLACCUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 0031195017     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0536     Document Type: Article

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