Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0299

Biological control of Pieris rapae in New England: Host suppression and displacement of Cotesia glomerata by Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Roy Gene Van Driesche, vandries@nre.umass.edu, University of Massachusetts, PSIS/Entomology Division, Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA



Species 1: Lepidoptera Pieridae Pieris rapae (imported cabbageworm)
Species 2: Hymenoptera Bracondiae Cotesia rubecula
Species 3: Hymenoptera Braconidae Cotesia glomerata