Parasitization of potato tuber moth eggs (Lep., Gelechiidae) from irradiated adults by Trichogramma (Hym., Trichogrammatidae) and control of moth population with combined releases of sterile insect and egg parasitoid

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 681-686

  Saour, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg parasitoid; Gamma irradiation; Inherited sterility; Phthorimaea operculella; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PARASITOID; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; TUBER;

GELECHIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA CACOECIAE; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMA PRINCIPIUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 11144296398     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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