Parasitism rates of Muscidifurax raptorellus and Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) after individual and paired releases in New York poultry facilities

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 593-598

  Kaufman, Phillip E ^a   Long, Stefan J ^a   Rutz, Donald A ^a   Waldron, J Keith ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; House fly; Muscidifurax raptorellus; Nasonia vitripennis; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POULTRY; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSEFLIES; NEW YORK; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY; WASPS;

EID: 0035320570     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.593     Document Type: Article

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