Field efficiency of indigenous egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) to control the olive moth (Prays oleae, Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) and the jasmine moth (Palpita unionalis, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in an olive plantation in Egypt

Biological Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-187

  Hegazi, Esmat ^a   Herz, Annette ^b   Hassan, Sherif A ^b   Khafagi, Wedad E ^c   Agamy, Essam ^d   Zaitun, Ahmed ^a   El Aziz, Gehan Abd ^c   Showeil, Sania ^c   El Said, Somaia ^a   Khamis, Noha ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal behavior; Egg parasitism; Inundative release; Olive cultivation; Palpita unionalis; Prays oleae; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; JASMINUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PALPITA UNIONALIS; PRAYS OLEAE; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BOURARACHAE; TRICHOGRAMMA CORDUBENSIS; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 34948891592     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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