Non-target host acceptance and parasitism by Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in the laboratory

Biological Control

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-138

  Babendreier, D ^a   Kuske, S ^a   Bigler, F ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg parasitoids; Endangered butterflies; Host specificity; Non target effect; Risk assessment; Trichogramma brassicae

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; APHANTOPUS; APHANTOPUS HYPERANTHUS; ARGYNNIS; ARGYNNIS ADIPPE; ARGYNNIS NIOBE; ARTOGEIA; ARTOGEIA NAPI; ATHALIA; CLOSSIANA; CLOSSIANA SELENE; CLOSSIANA TITANIA; COENONYMPHA PAMPHILUS; CYANIRIS SEMIARGUS; DEILEPHILA ELPENOR; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; EREBIA; EREBIA LIGEA; FILIPENDULA; GALATHEA; HESPERIA; HESPERIA COMMA; HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; HIPPARCHIA; HIPPARCHIA ALCYONE; HYMENOPTERA; IDAS; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAEIDES IDAS; LYCAENIDAE; MANIOLA; MANIOLA JURTINA; MELANARGIA GALATHEA; MELITAEA; MELITAEA DIAMINA; MELITAEA PARTHENOIDES; MELLICTA ATHALIA; NYMPHALIDAE; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PAMPHILUS; PAPILIO; PAPILIO MACHAON; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS NAPI; PLEBEJUS; PLEBEJUS IDAS; POLYOMMATUS; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS; SELENE; SPHINGIDAE; SPHINX LIGUSTRI; SPHYRNA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VANESSA ATALANTA; ZYGAENA FILIPENDULA; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 0037292801     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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