Post-release survey to assess impact and potential host range expansion by Amitus hesperidum and Encarsia perplexa, two parasitoids introduced for the biological control of the citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi in Dominica

BioControl

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-503

  Lopez, Vyjayanthi F ^a,b   Kairo, Moses T K ^c   Pollard, Gene V ^d   Pierre, Charles ^e   Commodore, Naomi ^e   Dominique, Donny ^e  

^a CABI Bioscience   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)   (Barbados)

^c FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d Sub regional Office for the Caribbean   (Barbados)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Environment   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Aleurocanthus woglumi; Aleyrodidae; Amitus hesperidum; Aphelinidae; Biological control; Citrus; Dominica; Encarsia perplexa; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Nontarget host range; Platygasteridae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST RANGE; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEYING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

ALEUROCANTHUS WOGLUMI; ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS HESPERIDUM; APHELINIDAE; CITRUS; ENCARSIA PERPLEXA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PLATYGASTRIDAE;

EID: 70349898827     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-008-9207-4     Document Type: Article

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