Effects of floral resources on fitness of the parasitoids Trichogramma exiguum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Cotesia congregata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-186

  Witting Bissinger, B E ^a   Orr, D B ^a   Linker, H M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial insect habitat; Biological control; Cotesia congregata; Trichogramma exiguum

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA CONGREGATA; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; FOENICULUM VULGARE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA EXIGUUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 53049099976     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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