Field performance and fitness of an olive fruit fly parasitoid, Psyttalia humilis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), mass reared on irradiated Medfly

Biological Control

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-99

  Yokoyama, Victoria Y ^a   Cáceres, Carlos E ^b   Kuenen, L P S ^a   Wang, Xin Geng ^d   Rendón, Pedro A ^b   Johnson, Marshall W ^c   Daane, Kent M ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera oleae; Biological control; Ceratitis capitata; Irradiated fruit fly larvae; Olea europaea; Parasitoid flight; Parasitoid rearing; Psyttalia concolor; Psyttalia humilis

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA OLEAE; BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; HYMENOPTERA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE; OPIUS CONCOLOR; PSYTTALIA;

EID: 77955587139     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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