Collection and evaluation of Trichogramma species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) as biological controls of the oblique-banded leafroller Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in raspberries and blueberries

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-42

  McGregor, Robert ^a   Hueppelsheuser, Tracy ^a   Luczynski, Anna ^a   Henderson, Deborah ^a  

^a ES Cropconsult Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Choristoneura rosaceana; Egg parasitoids; Leafrollers; Microbe induced thelytoky; Trichograma minutum; Trichogramma sibericum; Trichogramma sp. nr. pretiosum

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA ROSACEANA; TRICHOGRAMMA;

EID: 0031963048     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0569     Document Type: Article

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