Partial cytochrome oxidase II sequences distinguish the sibling species Trichogramma minutum Riley and Trichogramma platneri Nagarkatti

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-94

  Borghuis, Arjan ^a   Pinto, John D ^b   Platner, Gary R ^b   Stouthamer, Richard ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cytochrome oxidase II; Hymenoptera; Molecular identification; Sibling species; Trichogramma minutum; Trichogramma platneri; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA MINUTUM; TRICHOGRAMMA PLATNERI; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 2142811185     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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