Host specificity testing and suitability of a European biotype of the braconid parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides as a biological control agent against Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 791-813

  Goldson, S L ^a   McNeill, M R ^a   Proffitt, J R ^a   Barratt, B I P ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Host range; parasitoids; Non target impacts; Parasitoid biotypes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTYPE; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITOID;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BRACONIDAE; CATOPTES CUSPIDATUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IRENIMUS AEQUALIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROCTONUS AETHIOPOIDES; NICAEANA CERVINA; PROTOLOBUS PORCULUS; SITONA LEPIDUS; STERIPHUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 29344443346     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150500136444     Document Type: Article

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