Effects of cold storage, rearing temperature, parasitoid age and irradiation on the performance of Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Ayvaz, Abdurrahman ^a   Karasu, Eyüp ^a   Karabörklü, Salih ^a   Tunçbilek, Aydln Ş ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cold storage; Ephestia kuehniella; Parasitoid age; Plodia interpunctella; Trichogramma evanescens

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 45049088171     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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