Rearing of Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its host Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Autor: Elodie BELZ, Céline E. GÉNEAU, Moritz FÜRST, Oliver BALMER, Pius ANDERMATT, Lukas PFIFFNER, Léon WESTERD, Henryk LUKA
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: European Journal of Entomology, Vol 111, Iss 3, Pp 443-447 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1210-5759
1802-8829
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2014.043
Popis: Establishing continuous and reliable colonies of pest-parasitoid systems in the laboratory is an essential requirement for carrying out manipulative experiments on biological control. Here we describe in detail the rearing protocols that we optimized for the efficient rearing of the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae and its key parasitoid Microplitis mediator.
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