Biological control potential of Apanteles aristoteliae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on populations of Argyrotaenia citrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in California apple orchards

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1327-1334

  Walker, Kathleen R ^a,b   Welter, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Host aggregation; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ORCHARD; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APANTELES; APANTELES ARISTOTELIAE; ARGYROTAENIA; ARGYROTAENIA CITRANA; BRACONIDAE; EXOCHUS; EXOCHUS NIGRIPALPIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 7644221844     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1327     Document Type: Review

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