Lethal and sublethal effects of selected insecticides and an insect growth regulator on the boll weevil (coleoptera: curculionidae) ectoparasitoid Catolaccus grandis (hymenoptera: pteromalidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 300-303

  Elzen, G W ^a   Maldonado, S N ^a   Rojas, M G ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Catolaccus grandis; Insecticide; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; WASPS;

EID: 0034167110     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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