Parasitoids and other natural enemies of Maruca vitrata feeding on Sesbania cannabina in Taiwan

BioControl

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-416

  Huang, Chi Chung ^a,b   Peng, Wu Kang ^b   Talekar, N S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apanteles taragamae; Bassus asper; Dolichogenidea sp.; Entomopathogens; Ichneumonidae; Parasitism; Pod borer; Predators; Sesbania cannabina; Tachinidae; Vigna legume

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PREDATOR;

TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; APANTELES; BASSUS; BEAUVERIA; BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DOLICHOGENIDEA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES SP.; PYRALIDAE; SESBANIA; SESBANIA CANNABINA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TACHINIDAE; TRICHOMMA; VIGNA;

EID: 0042066742     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024751300838     Document Type: Article

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