Effect of the insect growth regulator novaluron on diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), and its indigenous parasitoids

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1087-1090

  Ayalew, Gashawbeza ^a  

^a Melkassa center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cyhalothrin; Bacillus thuringiensis; Brassicas; Cabbage; Novaluron; Profenofos

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH REGULATOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MOTH; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL;

ETHIOPIA;

APANTELES SP.; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR AIZAWAI; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA; EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OOMYZUS SOKOLOWSKII; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 79957552607     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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