Dispersal of the filth fly parasitoid Muscidifurax raptorellus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) following mass releases in cattle confinements

Biological Control

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-178

  Floate, K D ^a   Coghlin, P ^a   Gibson, G A P ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta, Canada; Biological control; Field efficacy; House fly; Musca domestica; Muscidifurax raptorellus; Parasitoid; Stable fly; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; INSECT; PARASITISM; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SURVIVAL;

MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTORELLUS;

EID: 0034130082     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0822     Document Type: Article

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