Cold Storage Effects on Fitness of the Whitefly Parasitoids <i>Encarsia sophia</i> and <i>Eretmocerus hayati</i>

Cold Storage Effects on Fitness of the Whitefly Parasitoids <i>Encarsia sophia</i> and <i>Eretmocerus hayati</i>

Successful biological control of the whitefly <i>Bemisia tabaci</i> involves the mass rearing of biocontrol agents in large numbers for field release. Cold storage of the biocontrol agents is often necessary to provide a sufficient number of biocontrol agents during an eventual pest outb...

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Main Authors: Dawit Kidane, Marco Ferrante, Xiao-Ming Man, Wan-Xue Liu, Fang-Hao Wan, Nian-Wan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
fluctuating temperature
parasitoid
Hymenoptera
<i>Aphelinidae</i>
<i>Bemisia tabaci</i>
<i>Aleyrodidae</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/7/428

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