Post-release host-specificity testing of Pseudacteon tricuspis, a phorid parasitoid of Solenopsis invicta fire ants

BioControl

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,b   Porter, Sanford D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host specificity; Nontarget effects; Pseudacteon tricuspis; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITOID;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BORGMEIER; FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON TRICUSPIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 33646453984     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-004-4655-y     Document Type: Article

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