Effect of plant structure on host finding capacity of lepidopterous pests of crucifers by two Trichogramma parasitoids

Biological Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Gingras, Daniel ^a   Dutilleul, Pierre ^b   Boivin, Guy ^c  

^a Macdonald Camp of McGill University ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Broccoli; Brussels sprouts; Cabbage; Egg parasitoids; Host parasitoid interactions; Pieris rapae; Plutella xylostella; Trichogramma evanescens; Trichogramma pretiosum; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS RAPAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037404319     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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