Larger olive fruit size reduces the efficiency of Psyttalia concolor, as a parasitoid of the olive fruit fly

Biological Control

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Wang, Xin Geng ^a   Johnson, Marshall W ^a   Daane, Kent M ^b   Yokoyama, Victoria Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Body size; Crop domestication; Enemy free space; Structural refuge

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA OLEAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OPIUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 60749113350     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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