Seasonal Occurrence of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a Guava Orchard in Central Thailand

ScienceAsia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Kitthawee, Sangvorn ^a  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bactrocera correcta; biological control; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149186990     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2000.26.087     Document Type: Article

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