Effects of GNA Transgenic Sugarcane on Life History Parameters of Parallorhogas pyralophagus (Marsh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Mexican Rice Borer

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-576

  Tomov, Beverly Wachtel ^a,b   Bernal, Julio S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Eoreuma loftini; Fitness; Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; Nontarget effects

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACONIDAE; EOREUMA LOFTINI; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARALLORHOGAS; PARALLORHOGAS PYRALOPHAGUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0141861667     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-96.3.570     Document Type: Article

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