Toxicity of pesticides used in citrus to Aprostocetus vaquitarum (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an egg parasitoid of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-19

  Ulmer, Bryan J ^a   Lapointe, Stephen L ^b   Peña, Jorge E ^a   Duncan, Rita E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Citrus IPM; Diflubenzuron; Insecticides; Selectivity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY;

APROSTOCETUS; CITRUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33644994331     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[10:TOPUIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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