Seasonal abundance of resident parasitoids and predatory flies and corresponding soybean aphid densities, with comments on classical biological control of soybean aphid in the midwest

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-287

  Noma, Takuji ^a   Brewer, Michael J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis glycines; Classical biological control; Parasitoids; Predatory flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; DIPTERA; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SOYBEANS; WASPS;

ALLOGRAPTA OBLIQUA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA; APHIS GLYCINES; BRACONIDAE; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; GLYCINE MAX; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 42449117590     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[278:SAORPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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