Controlling European corn borer in vegetables with a parasitic wasp

Pesticide Outlook

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 99-101

  Kuhar, Thomas P ^a   Hoffmann, Michael P ^b   Wright, Mark G ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; TRICHOGRAMMA OSTRINIAE; VESPIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041701535     PISSN: 09561250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b305500k     Document Type: Short Survey

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