Naturally occurring Trichogramma species in olive farms in Egypt

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Hegazi, Esmat Mohamed ^a   Herz, Annette ^b   Hassan, Sherif ^b   Agamy, Essam ^c   Khafagi, Wedad ^d   Shweil, Sania ^d   Zaitun, Ahmed ^a   Mostafa, Safaa ^e   Hafez, Mohamed ^a   El shazly, Ahmed ^a   El said, Somaia ^a   Abo abdala, Lamia ^d   Khamis, Noha ^a   El kemny, Samia ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b Institute for Biological Control   (Germany)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^e Central Laboratory of Pestcide   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egg predators; Host bait traps; Insect parasitoids; Jasmine moth; Olive moth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015623263     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1005-295X.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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