Improvement of the sterile insect technique for codling moth Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) to facilitate expansion of field application

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-181

  Vreysen, M J B ^a   Carpenter, J E ^b   Marec, F ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Area wide integrated pest management; Codling moth; Genetic sexing; Mass rearing; Quality management; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PEST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRUGIVORY; HEALTH IMPACT; HERITABILITY; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOBILITY; MOTH; MUTATION; ORCHARD; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REARING; RESEARCH WORK; STERILITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CYDIA POMONELLA; CYDONIA OBLONGA; GRANULOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; JUGLANS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 77951654639     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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