Kairomonal effect of sex pheromone components of two lepidopteran olive pests on Trichogramma wasps

Insect Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Milonas, Panos ^a,b   Mazomenos, Basilios E ^a   Konstantopoulou, Maria A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoids; Olive pest; Semiochemicals; Y tube olfactometer

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PALPITA UNIONALIS; PRAYS OLEAE; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA OLEAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 64549127853     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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