Predicting caterpillar parasitism in banana plantations

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-409

  Dyer, Lee A ^a   Matlock, Robert B ^a   Chehrezad, Darya ^a,b,c   O'Malley, Rachel ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana; Caterpillar defense model; Parasitoids; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; PLANTATION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDIDAE; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 16844377834     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.403     Document Type: Article

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