Use of irradiated Musca domestica pupae to optimize mass rearing and commercial shipment of the parasitoid Spalangia endius (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 261-270

  Zapater, Miguel C ^a   Andiarena, Carlos E ^a   Camargo, Gladys Perez ^a   Bartoloni, Norberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Host stockpiling; Mass rearing; Musca domestica; Parasitism; Pupal storage; Spalangia endius

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PTEROMALIDAE; SPALANGIA ENDIUS;

EID: 84861343888     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150802439819     Document Type: Article

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