Biological control of Pieris rapae in New England: Host suppression and displacement of Cotesia glomerata by Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-25

  Van Driesche, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cole crops; Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Evaluation; Parasitoid displacement; Pieris rapae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BUTTERFLY; LARVA; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; WASP;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA RUBECULA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 42049101186     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)091[0022:BCOPRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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