Population density of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and its parasitoid Cotesia plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on two varieties of cabbage in an urban environment

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 353-360

  Haseeb, Muhammad ^a   Kobori, Youichi ^a   Amano, Hiroshi ^a   Nemoto, Hisashi ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitama Prefecture Agriculture and Forestry Research Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Cotesia plutellae; Parasitism; Plutella xylostella; Population density

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; COTESIA PLUTELLAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 0035539121     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.353     Document Type: Article

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