Egg parasitoids for augmentative biological control of lepidopteran vegetable pests in africa: research status and needs

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-205

  Slthanantham, S ^a,b   Abera, T H ^a   Baumgartner J ^a   Hassan, S A ^b   Lohr B ^b   Monje, J C ^a,c   Overholt, W A ^d   Paul, A V N ^d   Wan, Fang Hao ^e   Zebitz, C P W ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Institute for Biological Control   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Egg parasitoids; Helicoverpa armigera; Plutella xylostella; Trichogramma, trichogrammatoidea; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944411568     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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