Effects of sweet alyssum flowers on the longevity of the parasitoid wasps Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Diadegma insulare (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Johanowicz, Denise L ^a   Mitchell, Everett R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Biological control; Brassicaceae; Conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; WASP;

ALYSSUM; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICACEAE; COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; DIADEGMA; DIADEGMA INSULARE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034078067     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496226     Document Type: Article

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