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1. A critical evaluation of host ranges of parasitoids of the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini) using field and laboratory host records

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Toepfer, Stefan , Walsh, Guillermo Cabrera , Eben, Astrid , Alvarez-Zagoya, Rebeca , Haye, T. , Zhang, Feng , Kuhlmann, Ulrich
Subject:
Chrysomelidae , insect pests , plant pests , pest control , biological control , Tachinidae , parasitoids , biological control agents , host range , literature reviews
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2008

2. Consideration of Eurytoma sivinskii Gates and Grissell, a eurytomid (Hymenoptera) with unusual foraging behaviors, as a biological control agent of tephritid (Diptera) fruit flies

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Mena-Correa, J. , Sivinski, J. , Anzures-Dadda, A. , Ramírez-Romero, R. , Gates, M. , Aluja, M.
Subject:
Eurytomidae , biological control agents , host range , Anastrepha , fruit flies , insect pests , pupae , adult insects , hyperparasitism , hyperparasitoids , parasitoids , larvae , fecundity , ova , insect development , eclosion
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2010

3. High host specificity in Encarsia diaspidicola (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), a biological control candidate against the white peach scale in Hawaii

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Neumann, Gabor , Follett, Peter A. , Hollingsworth, Robert G. , de Leon, Jesse H.
Subject:
Encarsia , biological control agents , parasitoids , Pseudaulacaspis pentagona , insect pests , plant pests , nontarget organisms , adverse effects , invasive species , indigenous species , Hemiptera , hosts , host preferences , host range , eclosion , larvae , mortality , risk assessment , Hawaii
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2010

4. Host specificity of Spathius agrili Yang (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an important parasitoid of the emerald ash borer

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Yang, Zhong-Qi , Wang, Xiao-Yi , Gould, Juli R. , Wu, Hui
Subject:
Braconidae , parasitoids , biological control agents , Agrilus , insect pests , plant pests , forest pests , Fraxinus , forest trees , temperate forests , natural enemies , host range , host specificity , larvae , leaves , shoots , Fraxinus velutina , Fraxinus pennsylvanica , host plants , Prunus persica , Ailanthus altissima
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2008

5. No-choice host range tests for Allotropa sp. near mecrida, a parasitoid of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Roltsch, W.J. , Ertle, L.R. , Meyerdirk, D.E.
Subject:
Maconellicoccus hirsutus , insect pests , plant pests , Platygasteridae , parasitoids , host range , host preferences , biological control agents , biological control , nontarget organisms , adverse effects
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2007

6. Potential for biological control of the lobate Lac scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)

Description:
Includes references
Author:
Pemberton, R.W.
Subject:
Kerriidae , Kerria lacca , natural enemies , predatory insects , parasitoids , Encyrtidae , Coccophagus , biological control agents , host range , host specificity , biological control , insect pests , invasive species , host plants , Florida
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2003

7. Prospects for importation biological control of the soybean aphid: anticipating potential costs and benefits

Description:
In the special feature on soybean aphid.
Author:
Heimpel, G.E. , Ragsdale, D.W. , Venette, R. , Hopper, K.R. , O'Neil, R.J. , Rutledge, C.E. , Wu, Z.
Subject:
Aphis glycines , Aphidoidea , insect pests , Glycine max , soybeans , biological control , biological control agents , introduced species , cost benefit analysis , biological assessment , environmental impact , nontarget organisms , natural enemies , parasitoids , Aphelinus , Aphidiidae , host range , North America
Collection:
Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
Year:
2004