Influence of cold storage on pupal development and mortality during storage and on post-storage performance of Encarsia formosa and Eretmocerus eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-117

  Luczynski, A ^a   Nyrop, J P ^b   Shi, A ^a  

^a BioBugs Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Cold tolerance; Composite quality index; Development; Eclosion; Encarsia formosa; Eretmocerus eremicus; Flight; Mortality; Parasitism; Pupae

Indexed keywords

APHELINIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33845325208     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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