The Parasitoid Complex of First Generation \u3ci\u3eOstrinia Nubilalis\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Larvae in Northwest Ohio [PDF]
A survey of first generation European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) larvae was conducted during 1997 in six cornfields located in northwestern Ohio in order to determine the larval parasitoid complex utilizing this host.
Hughes, Laura L, Pavuk, Daniel M
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Morphological allometry of three hymenopteran ectoparasitoids of stored-product insect pests
Allometric analysis provides an insight into the function and diversification mechanisms of body parts in organisms. The allometry and variability in size of various body parts of three hymenopteran species, Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard ...
Kento HIRATA, Kôji SASAKAWA
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Insects Associated With Butternut and Butternut Canker in Minnesota and Wisconsin [PDF]
Butternut, Juglans cinerea, is being killed throughout its native range in North America by the fungus Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum. In addition to rain splashed spores, it is thought that the fungus may have spread over long distances to ...
Katovich, Steven A, Ostry, Michael E
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Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor Say is a polyphagous parasitoid of lepidopteran larvae, including those of the family Pyralidae. There are many reports that this parasitoid attacks the larvae of stored product and field crop pests.
Dorna SAADAT +2 more
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New Distributional Record for \u3ci\u3eBalcha Indica\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) in Eastern West Virginia Discovered During Emerald Ash Borer Parasitoid Recovery Surveys [PDF]
Between 2010 and 2012, approximately 6,300 Spathius agrili Yang (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and 9,500 Tetrastichus planipennisi Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoids were released for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer, Agrilus ...
Braud, Rachel +3 more
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Body size is a main fitness component of insect parasitoids. We assessed the potential influence of maternal size of the parasitoid wasp Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on its ability to parasitize the different instars of
Dionyssios LYKOURESSIS +4 more
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Monitoring of the Indian meal moth and its parasitoids in long-term grain storage
Cheyletus malaccensis (Oudemans) is a species of predatory mite, which is widely distributed in grain storage, and is a potential natural enemy of stored-product pests.
Schöller, Matthias +2 more
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Juvenilhormon-Esterase, ein Schlüsselenzym in Wirt-Parasitoid-Interaktionen [PDF]
Hymenopteran endoparasitoids that develop inside their lepidopteran host may exert a multitude of interactions with their host until they are able to emerge successfully from a developmentally arrested host that finally dies.
Nussbaumer, Christa +2 more
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The Effects of Crop Type and Production Systems on the Activity of Beneficial Invertebrates [PDF]
Beneficial invertebrate activity (13 groups) was assessed in five crop types on a split-plot experimental system in northern England using pitfall trapping and suction sampling in May-October 2005.
Eyre, M.D. +3 more
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The greenhouse diet : gypsy moth performance in a CO2-enriched world [PDF]
Rising atmospheric CO2 is regarded as the main driver of global warming (Crowley, 2000). While temperature changes directly affect plants and animals (Root et al., 2003; Parmesan, 2006), the effects of CO2 on herbivores are mediated through changes in ...
Schafellner, Christa, Schopf, Axel
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