Evaluation of Remediation Methods for Nosema Disease in Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1146-1153

  Boohene, C K ^a,b   Geden, C J ^a   Becnel, J J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat therapy; Musca domestica; Muscidifurax raptor; Nosema; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE CONTROL; EGG; FUNGAL DISEASE; PARASITOID; REARING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDIFURAX; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; NOSEMA; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 0242667870     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1146     Document Type: Article

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