Spatio-temporal variation in Helicoverpa egg parasitism by Trichogramma in a tropical Bt-transgenic cotton landscape

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-258

  Davies, Andrew P ^a,c   Pufke, Uwe S ^b   Zalucki, Myron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg parasitoids; Percent parasitism; Sadie analysis; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; TRICHOGRAMMA;

EID: 79960383426     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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