Parasitization of the red sunflower seed weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by its larval parasitoid Triaspis aequoris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in cultivated sunflower

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 844-851

  Charlet, Laurence D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconidae; Curculionidae; Red sunflower seed weevil; Smicronyx fulvus; Triaspis aequoris

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL;

BRACONIDAE; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SMICRONYX; SMICRONYX FULVUS; TRIASPIS AEQUORIS;

EID: 0036800746     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.5.844     Document Type: Article

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