Biology of parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking Dasineura oxycoccana and Prodiplosis vaccinii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in cultivated blueberries

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Sampson, Blair J ^a   Rinehart, Timothy A ^a   Liburd, Oscar E ^b   Stringer, Stephen J ^a   Spiers, James M ^a  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Eulophidae; High fidelity polymerase chain reaction; Parasitism; Platygastridae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GALL INSECT; PARASITOID;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APROSTOCETUS; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DASINEURA OXYCOCCANA; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INOSTEMMA; PLATYGASTER; PLATYGASTRIDAE; PRODIPLOSIS VACCINII; TETRASTICHINAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 31544458163     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0113:BOPHAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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