Dispersal of trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in potato fields

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 677-685

  Chapman, Anna V ^a   Kuhar, Thomas P ^a   Schultz, Peter B ^a   Brewster, Carlyle C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Dispersal; European corn borer; Integrated pest management; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISPERSAL; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; POTATO;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

HYMENOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA OSTRINIAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; WASP;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WASPS;

EID: 68049105058     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0319     Document Type: Article

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