Impacts of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins on parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Spodoptera litura and Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-151

  Walker, G P ^a   Cameron, P J ^b   MacDonald, F M ^a   Madhusudhan, V V ^c   Wallace, A R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b BioDiscovery NZ Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c Biodiscovery New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cotesia kazak; Helicoverpa armigera; Lepidoptera; Meteorus pulchricornis; Non target impacts; Parasitoids; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA; COTESIA KAZAK; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS; NOCTUIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 33845301223     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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