A large-scale comparison of conventional and molecular methods for the evaluation of host-parasitoid associations in non-target risk-assessment studies

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Gariepy, Tara ^a,b,d   Kuhlmann, Ulrich ^b   Gillott, Cedric ^a   Erlandson, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological host range; Lygus; Miridae; Multiparasitism; Multiplex PCR; Non target risk assessment; Parasitism level; Parasitoid species composition; Peristenus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISSECTION; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; REARING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LYGUS; MIRIDAE; PERISTENUS;

EID: 40949144115     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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