Suitability of the pest-plant system Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)-tomato for Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Parasitoids and insights for biological control

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2310-2321

  Chailleux, Anaïs ^a,b   Biondi, Antonio ^a,c   Han, Peng ^a   Tabone, Elisabeth ^d   Desneux, Nicolas ^a  

^a Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

^b In Vivo Agrosolutions   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Fitness; Generalist predator; Inundative release; Invasive species; Mass rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887627238     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC13092     Document Type: Article

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