Establishment of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in sugarcane fields of Ethiopia and origin of founding population

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 686-691

  Assefa, Y ^a   Mitchell, A ^b   Conlong, D E ^a,c   Muirhead, K A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chilo partellus; COI; Cotesia flavipes; Ethiopia; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGARCANE; WASP;

ANIMALS; DNA; ETHIOPIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYMENOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHARUM; WASPS;

BRACONIDAE; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA FLAVIPES; CRAMBIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SACCHARUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 46849113857     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[686:EOCFHB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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