A modified rearing system for production of Pseudacteon curvatus (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of imported fire ants

Biological Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 346-353

  Vogt, James T ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^a,b   Nordlund, Donald A ^a,c   Smith, Rebecca ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Signature Memories   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental control; Parasitoid; Phorid; Rearing

Indexed keywords

BORGMEIER; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0142184977     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00100-2     Document Type: Article

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