Optimization of short and long term storage duration for Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) at low temperatures

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-67

  Nadeem, Sajid ^a   Ashfaq, Muhammad ^b   Hamed, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Sohail ^b  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Low temperature; Storage duration; Trichogramma chilonis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PARASITOID; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; PARASITISM; WASP;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 73449090142     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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