Seasonal phenology of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). and its parasitoids on canola, Brassica napus (L.), in Gauteng province, South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-285

  Mosiane, S M ^a   Kfir, Rami ^a   Villet, M H ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Canola; Cotesia plutellae; Parasitoid; Plutella xylostella; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APANTELES; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; COTESIA; COTESIA PLUTELLAE; DIADEGMA MOLLIPLA; DIADROMUS COLLARIS; EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MESOCHORUS; MESOCHORUS SP.; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TETRASTICHUS;

EID: 0344065817     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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