Biological control of Plutella xylostella (L.) : Selection of the best trichogramma strains from biological characteristics
2002
BARDON, Clément | Lezcano N., | Pintureau, Bernard | Lapchin, Laurent
The diamondback moth Prutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is present in most continents. Control of this pest costs one billion Euros per year worldwide. It is a resistant to most insecticides and even to Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) and biological control is a strategy to be considered.[br/]trichogramma (Hymenoptera: trichogrammatidae) present some obvious advantages for use in biological control. These egg parasitoids can easily be reared on a facilitious host and are found naturally on P. xylostella (Tabone et al, 2000).
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