Effects of Parasitoid Strain and Host Instar on the Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki with the Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Larval Parasitoid Cotesia melanoscela (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-147

  Chenot, Amy B ^a   Raffa, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cotesia melanoscela; Gypsy moth; Microbial pesticide; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542680242     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.137     Document Type: Article

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