Molecular and morphological diagnoses of five species of Trichogramma: Biological control agents of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Canary Islands

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-35

  Polaszek, Andrew ^a   Rugman Jones, Paul F ^b   Stouthamer, Richard ^b   Hernandez Suarez, Estrella ^c   Cabello, Tomás ^d   del Pino Pérez, Modesto ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Chrysodeixis chalcites; Egg parasitoid; Invasive pest; Musa acuminata; Ooparasitoid; Solanum lycopersicum; T. bourarachae; T. euproctidis; T. evanescens; Trichogramma achaeae; Tuta absoluta

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; EGG PARASITOID; FRUIT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST SPECIES;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

CHRYSODEIXIS CHALCITES; GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUSA ACUMINATA; NAGARKATTI; NOCTUIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA ACHAEAE; TRICHOGRAMMA BOURARACHAE; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TUTA ABSOLUTA;

EID: 84856001269     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9361-y     Document Type: Article

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