Improved bruchid management through favorable host plant traits and natural enemies

Biological Control

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-140

  Velten, Guido ^a   Rott, Anja S ^a   Conde Petit, Béatrice J ^a   Cardona, César ^b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acanthoscelides obtectus; Bruchidae; Dinarmus basalis; Food processing; Integrated pest management; Parasitoid; Phaseolus vulgaris; Plant resistance; Zabrotes subfasciatus

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHINAE; DINARMUS BASALIS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZABROTES SUBFASCIATUS;

EID: 53049096943     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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