Mass rearing of two larval parasitoids of Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Netelia producta (Brullé) and Heteropelma scaposum (Morley) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) for field release

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Johns, Caitlin V ^a   Whitehouse, Mary E A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary sex determination; Heliothis; IPM; Mass rearing; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELIOTHIS; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NETELIA; NOCTUIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2342510224     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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