Effect of Micromite® on the egg parasitoids Ceratogramma etiennei (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Quadrastichus haitiensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-224

  Amalin, D M ^a   Stansly, P ^b   Pena J E ^c  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL;

CERATOGRAMMA ETIENNEI; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; QUADRASTICHUS; QUADRASTICHUS HAITIENSIS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 3042678996     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0222:EOMOTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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