Host-foraging success of three species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in a simulated retail environment

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 591-598

  Grieshop, Matthew J ^a   Flinn, Paul W ^b   Nechols, James R ^c   Schöller, Matthias ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Biologische Beratung Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmentative biological control; Habitat complexity; Retail stores; Stored products

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT CONTROL; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; WASPS;

HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA DEION; TRICHOGRAMMA OSTRINIAE; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 34248573439     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[591:HSOTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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