Comparative development and performance of artificially reared versus host-reared Diapetimorpha introita (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) wasps

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-208

  Carpenter, J E ^a   Greany, P D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Diapetimorpha introita; In vitro rearing; Spodoptera

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENT;

DIAPETIMORPHA INTROITA; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 0031959546     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0596     Document Type: Article

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