Seasonal Incidence and Biological Control Potential of Aprostocetus hagenowii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Treehole Microhabitats

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 434-442

  Suiter, Daniel R ^a,b   Patterson, Richard S ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aprostocetus hagenowii; Biological control; Irradiation; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344138037     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.434     Document Type: Article

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