Field release of the parasitoid Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for control of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in cotton fields in Northwestern China's Xinjiang Province

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 694-699

  Li, Jiancheng ^a,b   Yan, Fengming ^c   Coudron, Thomas A ^d   Pan, Wenliang ^b   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^b   Liu, Xiaoxia ^a   Zhang, Qingwen ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Field release; Helicoverpa armigera; Mass rearing; Microplitis mediator

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

BRACONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS MEDIATOR; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33750280817     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.694     Document Type: Article

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