Response of three Hymenopteran parasitoids introduced for fruit fly control to a gall-forming tephritid, Procecidochares alani (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Purcell, M F ^a   Duan, J J ^b   Messing, R H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Diachasmimorpha tryoni; Nontarget effects; Parasitoids; Procecidochares alani; Risk assessment; Tephritidae; Tetrastichus giffardianus

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIACHASMIMORPHA TRYONI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; PROCECIDOCHARES ALANI; TEPHRITIDAE; TETRAMOLOPIUM CAPILLARE; TETRASTICHUS GIFFARDIANUS;

EID: 0031195152     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0533     Document Type: Article

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