Can low release numbers lead to establishment and spread of an exotic parasitoid: The case of the diamondback moth parasitoid, Diadegma semiclausum (Hellén), in East Africa

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 906-914

  Gichini, G ^a   Lohr B ^a   Rossbach, A ^b   Nyambo, B ^a   Gathu, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological control; Establishment and spread; Impact on non target parasitoids

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FIELD SURVEY; GPS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INSECT; MOTH; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

APANTELES SP.; BRACONIDAE; DIADEGMA MOLLIPLA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; EULOPHIDAE; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OOMYZUS SOKOLOWSKII; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 39549094021     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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