The impact of the egg parasitoid Uscana lariophaga on Callosobruchus maculatus populations and the damage to cowpea in a traditional storage system

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Van Huis, A ^a   Schutte C ^a   Sagnia, S ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agrhymet Regional Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bruchidae; Callosobruchus maculatus; Coleoptera; Cowpea; Hymenoptera; Storage pest; Trichogrammatidae; Uscana lariophaga

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; EGG PARASITOID;

BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; USCANA; USCANA LARIOPHAGA;

EID: 0032425876     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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