Biological impact of the exotic parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen), of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L., in Kenya

Biological Control

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-263

  Momanyi, Caleb ^a   Löhr, Bernhard ^a   Gitonga, Linus ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diadegma semiclausum; Indigenous parasitoids displacement; Mortality factors; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 33744505366     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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