Cross mating studies among five fruit fly parasitoid populations: Potential biological control implications for tephritid pests

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 709-724

  Billah, Maxwell K ^a,b   Kimani Njogu, Susan W ^c   Wharton, Robert A ^d   Overholt, William A ^e   Wilson, David D ^b   Cobblah, Millicent A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative; Biological control; Cross mating; Parasitoids; Psyttalia concolor; Reproductive compatibility; Tephritids; Viable offspring

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; FRUIT; PARASITOID; VIABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; KENYA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; OPIUS CONCOLOR; PSYTTALIA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 50249172962     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9108-y     Document Type: Article

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