Spatial pattern of parasitism in Diatraea saccharalis Fab. (Lep., Crambidae) populations at two different spatial scales in sugarcane fields in Brazil

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Rossi, M N ^a   Fowler, H G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cotesia flavipes; Diatraea saccharalis; Spatial aggregation; Spatial scale; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARUNDINARIA; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA FLAVIPES; CRAMBINAE; DIATRAEA; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 3242681768     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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