Psyttalia ponerophaga (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a potential biological control agent of olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-242

  Sime, K R ^a   Daane, K M ^a   Kirk, A ^b   Andrews, J W ^c   Johnson, M W ^d   Messing, R H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA Agricultural Research Service   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Braconidae; Olive; Parasitoid biology; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FECUNDITY; FLY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONGEVITY; NATURAL ENEMY; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; OLIVE TREE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TEPHRITIDAE; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; OLEA; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TEPHRITIDAE; WASPS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; OLEACEAE; PSYTTALIA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34249729466     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307004865     Document Type: Article

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