Comparison of Trichogramma brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) augmentation with organic and synthetic pesticides for control of cruciferous Lepidoptera

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1231-1239

  Lundgren, J G ^a   Heimpel, G E ^b   Bomgren, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biological control; Cabbage; Pieris rapae; Sugar sprays

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; CROP YIELD; EGG PARASITOID; SUGAR;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036964110     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1231     Document Type: Article

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