Interactions between the parasitoid Rhopus nigroclavatus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its mealybug hosts Tridiscus sporoboli (Cockerell) and Trionymus sp. (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-206

  Heng Moss, Tiffany ^a   Baxendale, Frederick ^a   Riordan, Terrance ^b  

^a Entomology Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Mealybug; Parasitoid; Rhopus nigroclavatus; Tridiscus sporoboli; Trionymus sp.

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST; INSECT CONTROL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITISM;

BUCHLOE; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; RHOPUS; RHOPUS NIGROCLAVATUS; TRIDISCUS; TRIDISCUS SPOROBOLI; TRIONYMUS;

EID: 0035178793     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0972     Document Type: Article

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