Biological control of indianmeal moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on finished stored products using egg and larval parasitoids

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1080-1084

  Grieshop, Matthew J ^a   Flinn, Paul W ^b   Nechols, James R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Habrobracon; Packaging; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HABROBRACON; HABROBRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA DEION; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 33750465506     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.4.1080     Document Type: Article

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