Comparative analysis of the reproductive biology of two Peristenus species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), biological control agents of Lygus plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 442-449

  Haye, T ^a   Broadbent, A B ^b   Whistlecraft, J ^b   Kuhlmann, U ^a  

^a CABI   (Switzerland)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fecundity; Lygus lineolaris; Parasitoids; Peristenus digoneutis; Peristenus stygicus; Tarnished plant bug

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYGUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS; LYGUS RUGULIPENNIS; MIRIDAE; PERISTENUS; PERISTENUS DIGONEUTIS; PERISTENUS STYGICUS;

EID: 13744255311     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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