Effect of cold storage on the quality of Trichogramma nerudai (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-16

  Tezze, Andrea Alejandra ^a,b   Botto, Eduardo Norberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Capital Federal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cold storage; Mass rearing; Parasitoid; Quality control; Trichogramma nerudai; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

CYDIA; CYDIA POMONELLA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; RHYACIONIA BUOLIANA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA NERUDAI; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 2142762703     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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