Responses of the stem borer larval endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to plant derived synomones: Laboratory and field cage experiments

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-279

  Ngumbi, Esther N ^a   Ngi Song, Adele J ^b   Njagi, Eliud N M ^a   Torto, Rita ^a   Wadhams, Lester J ^c   Birkett, Michael A ^c   Pickett, John A ^c   Overholt, William A ^d   Torto, Baldwyn ^b,e  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilo partellus; Cotesia flavipes; Olfactometer; Parasitoid; Synomone; Trap

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDOPARASITE;

BRACONIDAE; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; HEMIZYGIA; HYMENOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20844446517     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150400016985     Document Type: Article

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