Primary care professionals’ experiences during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece: a qualitative study by Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Despoina Symintiridou, Martha Andreou, Michael Dandoulakis, Elias Theodoropoulos, Stamatia Kokkali, Chrysanthi Manolaki, Dimitra Iosifina Papageorgiou, Charis Birtsou, Aristofanis Paganas, Panagiotis Stachteas, Nikolaos Vlachopoulos, Ilias Pagkozidis, Akis Zeimbekis, Violeta Roka, Anastasios Giakoumis, Marina Kotsani, Ioanna Avakian, Efthymia Makridou, Magda Gavana, Anna-Bettina Haidich, Christina Avgerinou

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Evaluation and Selection of New <i>Trichogramma</i> spp. as Biological Control Agents of the Guatemalan Potato Moth (<i>Tecia solanivora</i>) in Europe by Jorge Gavara, Tomás Cabello, Manuel Gámez, Saskia Bastin, Estrella Hernández-Suárez, Ana Piedra-Buena

“…Furthermore, in assays conducted under darkness conditions, <i>T. achaeae</i> was unable to parasitize eggs. However, in semi-field assays, <i>T. achaeae</i> was more efficient in searching for eggs in the soil than <i>T. euproctidis</i>. …”
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Demographic parameters of the indigenous egg parasitoids, Trichogramma spp., parasitizing the invasive tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by T. N. Manohar, P. L. Sharma, S. C. Verma, R. S. Chandel

“…Parasitization potential of a thelytokous strain of T. pretiosum was the highest, followed by T. achaeae, T. chilonis, and T. pieridis. Population growth parameters net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of natural increase, finite rate of increase, and weekly multiplication rate were highest, and generation time and doubling period were shortest for T. pretiosum, followed by T. achaeae, T. chilonis, and T. pieridis. …”
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Short-term storage of the egg parasitoids, Trichogramma and Trichogrammatoidea by Enakshi Ghosh, Chandish R. Ballal

“…Pupae of Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead, T. achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti, T. embryophagum Hartig, T. cordubensis Vargas and Carbello, Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja, and three strains of T. chilonis (lab, Nilgiris, and Kodaikanal) were stored at 10 °C (with L:D -8:16 and RH 70%) for different durations (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 days). …”
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Suitability of European <i>Trichogramma</i> Species as Biocontrol Agents against the Tomato Leaf Miner <i>Tuta absoluta</i> by Lea Schäfer, Annette Herz

“…We assessed the efficiency of nine European <i>Trichogramma</i> species and compared them to <i>Trichogramma achaeae</i>, as this species is already commercially available. …”
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Assessing European egg parasitoids as a mean of controlling the invasive South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta. by Anaïs Chailleux, Nicolas Desneux, Julien Seguret, Hong Do Thi Khanh, Pascal Maignet, Elisabeth Tabone

“…We compared the parasitism of T. absoluta by the various Trichogramma species tested to the Trichogramma species currently commercially available for the pest control in Europe, i.e. Trichogramma achaeae. Thereafter, the more promising strains were tested on a larger scale, in mesocosm (i.e. cages in greenhouses) and in greenhouse compartments to evaluate efficiency of laboratory selected strains under cropping conditions. …”
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