Parasitoids from Azores (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Braconidae): Potential use in integrated pest management against Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 741-744

  Oliveira, Luísa ^a   Medeiros, Aida ^b   Falcó, José Vicente ^c   Beitia, Francisco ^d   Verdú, Maria Jesús ^d   Garcia, Patrícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Direccao de Servicos de Agricultura e Pecuaria   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Ceratitis capitata; Encyrtidae; Native parasitoids; New host; Pteromalidae

Indexed keywords

FLY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARASITOID; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PUPA; WASP;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; ENCYRTIDAE; HALTICOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE; TACHINAEPHAGUS ZEALANDICUS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 52949124070     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150802271238     Document Type: Article

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