Comparative assessment of the parasitoid community of Delia radicum in the Canadian prairies and Europe: A search for classical biological control agents

Biological Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Hemachandra, K S ^a,b,c   Holliday, N J ^b   Mason, P G ^d   Soroka, J J ^e   Kuhlmann, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CABI   (Switzerland)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aleochara bilineata; Aleochara bipustulata; Biological control; Delia radicum; Parasitoid community; Trybliographa rapae

Indexed keywords

ALEOCHARA BILINEATA; ALEOCHARA BIPUSTULATA; ALEOCHARA VERNA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; DELIA RADICUM; TRYBLIOGRAPHA RAPAE;

EID: 34548506287     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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