Releases of Trichogramma platneri (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in apple orchards under a sterile codling moth release program

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Cossentine, J E ^a   Jensen, L B M ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angoumois grain moth; Codling moth; Cydia pomonella; Sitotroga cerealla; Sterile release; Trichogramma platneri

Indexed keywords

APPLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; SEASONALITY;

ANIMALIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SITOTROGA; TRICHOGRAMMA PLATNERI; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 0033931481     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0828     Document Type: Article

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