Biology of dineulophus phtorimaeae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and field interaction with pseudapanteles dignus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), larval parasitoids of tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in tomato

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 936-942

  Luna, Mara G ^a   Wada, Vernica I ^a   Snchez, Norma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

coexistence; Dineulophus phtorimaeae; parasitoid; Pseudapanteles dignus; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COEXISTENCE; ENDOPARASITE; FECUNDITY; FRUIT; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; NATURAL ENEMY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; SEX RATIO;

BRACONIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; GELECHIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDAPANTELES DIGNUS; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 78649306340     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10021     Document Type: Article

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