Occurrence and direct control potential of parasitoids and predators of the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on maize in the subtropical lowlands of Mexico

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Hoballah, Maria Elena ^a,c   Degen, Thomas ^a   Bergvinson, David ^b   Savidan, Anita ^a,b   Tamò, Cristina ^a   Turlings, Ted C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fall armyworm; Maize; Mexico; Parasitoids; Pest management; Predators; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

CAMPOLETIS SONORENSIS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1242322528     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9555.2004.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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