Life history pattern, host plants, and habitat as determinants of population survival of Pieris napi oleracea interacting with an introduced braconid parasitoid

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-287

  Van Driesche, R G ^a   Nunn, C ^a   Pasquale, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control agent; Cohort survival; Cotesia glomerata; Diapause rate; Habitat use; Host plants; Life history pattern; Non target impact; Pieris napi; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CARDAMINE; CARDAMINE DIPHYLLA; COTESIA; COTESIA GLOMERATA; DENTARIA; DENTARIA DIPHYLLA; DIPHYLLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS NAPI; PIERIS RAPAE; SISYMBRIUM; SISYMBRIUM OFFICINALE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0346305129     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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