Use of the parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (McIntoch) to control the cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (L.)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 127, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 522-526

  Zhang, W Q ^a,b   Hassan, S A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute for Biological Control   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid; Aphid parasitoid; Brevicoryne brassicae; Cabbage; Diaeretiella rapae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0347765958     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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