Field surveys in Indonesia for natural enemies of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)

Biological Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-24

  Abera Kalibata, Agnes M ^a,c   Hasyim, Ahsol ^b   Gold, Clifford S ^a   Van Driesche, Roy ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Research Institute for Fruit   (Indonesia)

^c PSIS/Division of Entomology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Banana weevil; Bananas; Cosmopolites sordidus; Natural enemies; Parasitoids; Plaesius javanus; Predators

Indexed keywords

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; DOLICHODERINAE; DROSOPHILIDAE; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HISTERIDAE; MUSA X PARADISIACA; MYOPOPONE CASTANEA; MYRMICINAE; PHORIDAE; PLAESIUS JAVANUS; PONERINAE;

EID: 33644762050     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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