Biological control of the eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead): Taxonomy and biology of the parasitoid species Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault), with information on its establishment in Israel

Biological Control

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-206

  Protasov, A ^a   Blumberg, D ^a   Brand, D ^b   La Salle, J ^c   Mendel, Z ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b JNF   (Israel)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Closterocerus; Eucalyptus; Eulophidae; Gall; Ophelimus; Parasitoid; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLOSTEROCERUS; CYNIPIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS AMPLIFOLIA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS RUDIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; OPHELIMUS;

EID: 34347340630     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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