Effects of wheat cultivar and temperature on suppression of Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) by the parasitoid Theocolax elegans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-127

  Toews, Michael D ^a   Phillips, Thomas W ^a   Cuperus, Gerrit W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Biological control; Postharvest; Rhyzopertha dominica; Stored grain; Theocolax elegans

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTIVAR; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PROGENY; TEMPERATURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WHEAT;

RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; THEOCOLAX ELEGANS;

EID: 0034983555     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0926     Document Type: Article

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