Biological control of Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in sugarcane crops in Central Venezuela

dc.coverage	CRC	en
dc.creator	Weir L., Enrique H.
dc.creator	Contreras, Williams
dc.creator	Gil de Weir, Karine
dc.date	2007-02-28
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:27:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:27:53Z
dc.description	In 1990-1996, we evaluated the relative importance of the Amazonian fly (Metagonystilum minense) and the wasp (Cotesia flavipes), in sugarcane crops, in Central Venezuela. We observed a significant decrease in relative abundance of Diatraea spp. when the Amazon fly abundance increased but not with the wasp abundance. Diatraea spp. abundance in presence of both parasitoids was similar to its abundance throughout the last 45 years, when only inundations of M. minense occurred. However a net effect by using both parasitoids was not evident. M. minense is probably the stronger pest control, because its more efficient in its host searching than C. flavipes and is better as competitor than the wasp.	en-US
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6040
dc.identifier	10.15517/rbt.v55i2.6040
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/26245
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en
dc.rights	acceso abierto
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 55 (2) June 2007	es
dc.title	Biological control of Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in sugarcane crops in Central Venezuela	es
dc.type	artículo original

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