Assessment of frozen larvae of Callosobruchus maculatus as hosts for rearing Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Onagbola, Ebenezer O ^a   Fadamiro, Henry Y ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Callosobruchus maculatus; Freeze killed hosts; Live hosts; Mass rearing; Mass release; Pteromalus cerealellae

Indexed keywords

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PTEROMALIDAE; PTEROMALUS CEREALELLAE;

EID: 55949111333     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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