Abundance, distribution, and availability of Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) hosts in a soybean agricultural system in southeastern Queensland

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-135

  Loch, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agonoscelis rutila; Alternative host; Biological control; Cuspicona simplex; Egg parasitoid; Host plant; Nezara viridula; Piezodorus grossi; Plautia affinis; Spatial distribution; Temporal distribution; Trissolcus basalis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INSECT CONTROL; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SOYBEAN;

TRISSOLCUS BASALIS;

EID: 0034043375     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0827     Document Type: Article

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