Sustained releases of the pupal parasitoid Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) for control of house flies, Musca domestica and stable flies Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) on dairy farms in Denmark

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 288-297

  Skovgård, Henrik ^a  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological control; Livestock production; Musca domestica; Parasitism; Release rate; Spalangia cameroni; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCIDIFURAX; MUSCIDIFURAX RAPTOR; PACHYCREPOIDEUS VINDEMIAE; PHYGADEUON; PHYGADEUON FUMATOR; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPTORES; SPALANGIA; SPALANGIA CAMERONI; SPALANGIA NIGRIPES; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2342578190     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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