Interactions between augmentatively released Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and a complex of opiine parasitoids in a commercial guava orchard

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-151

  Purcell, Mary F ^a   Herr, John C ^b   Messing, R H ^c   Wong, T T Y ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii's   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative release; Biological control; Biosteres arisanus; Biosteres vandenboschi; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Guava; Opiine; Parasitoids; Psyttalia incisi; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GUAVA;

AUGMENATIVE RELEASE; GUAVA; ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY; PARASITIC WASP; PARASITOID;

HAWAII; KAUAI; USA;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BIOSTERAS ARISANUS; BIOSTERES ARISANUS; BIOSTERES VANDENBOSCHI; BRACONIDAE; CASTROCERA DORSALIS; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PSYTTALIA INCISI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0031899217     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159830504     Document Type: Article

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