Wednesday, December 12, 2001 -
D0601

Efficacy Of fire ant repellants in suppressing predation upon encapsulated Trichogramma

Melinda M. Gibbs1, David B. Orr1, T. Manoharan2, S. Manisegaran2, and Robert Vandermeer3. (1) North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology, Box 7613, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, (2) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Department of Entomology, Coimbatore, India, (3) USDA ARS, 1600 Southwest 23rd Dr, Gainesville, FL



Species 1: Hymenoptera Formicidae Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
Species 2: Hymenoptera Trichogrammatidae Trichogramma exiguum (Trichogramma)
Keywords: Augmentation Biological Control, Fire Ant Repellants

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