Impact of exposure length and pupal source on Muscidifurax raptorellus and Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitism in a New York poultry facility

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 998-1003

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

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Filth fly; Muscidifurax raptorellus; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitoid; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOUSE FLY; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HOUSEFLIES; NEW YORK; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY; PUPA; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

EID: 0035433536     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.998     Document Type: Article

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