Forced-contact mating: A technique for crossing experiments with the fruit fly parasitoid, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Kitthawee, Sangvorn ^a  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bactrocera correcta; Bactrocera dorsalis; Biological control; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Forced mating technique; Species complex; Wingless inheritance

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CORRECTA; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 36849071357     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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