Host suitability of the New World stalkborer Diatraea considerata for three Old World Cotesia parasitoids

BioControl

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 659-669

  Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a   Smith Jr , J W ^b   Rodriguez Del Bosque, Luis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Cotesia chilonis; Cotesia flavipes; Cotesia sesamiae; Diatraea; Host range; Host suitability; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Novel association; Parasitoid; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PEST CONTROL;

APANTELES; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA CHILONIS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; COTESIA SESAMIAE; DIATRAEA; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0344152940     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026368013414     Document Type: Article

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