Interactions between host attributes and wasp size: A laboratory evaluation of Trichogramma platneri as an augmentative biological control agent for two avocado pests

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Honda, Jeffrey Y ^a   Luck, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorbia cuneana; Augmentative biological control; Avocado pests; Evaluation; Sabulodes aegrotata; Trichogramma platneri

Indexed keywords

AVOCADO; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG; FERTILITY; HOST; PARASITIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY SIZE; PEST CONTROL; WASP;

EID: 0034907029     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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