Parasitoids of the rice leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and prospects for enhancing biological control with nectar plants

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Gurr, Geoff M ^a   Read, Donna M Y ^a   Catindig, Josie Lynn A ^b   Cheng, Jiuan ^c   Liu, Jian ^d   Lan, La Pham ^e   Heong, Kong Luen ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^e Institute of Agricultural for South Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Ecological engineering; Hyperparasitoid; Lepidoptera; Nectar; Pyralidae; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; CNAPHAROCROSIS MEDINALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LERODEA EUFALA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 84856005449     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00550.x     Document Type: Review

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