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- Title
Introduced parasitic wasps could control glassy-winged sharpshooter.
- Authors
Pilkington, Leigh J.; Irvin, Nicola A.; Boyd, Elizabeth A.; Hoddle, Mark S.; Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Carey, Bryan G.; Jones, Walker A.; Morgan, David J. W.
- Abstract
Examines the introduction of parasitic wasps for the biological control of glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), an introduced pest that spreads the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Effect of the pest on grapevines in Southern California; Economic impact of GWSS; Vulnerability of GWSS to attack by parasitoids.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL pest control; CHALCID wasps; PEST control; HYMENOPTERA; CONTROL of agricultural pests &; diseases
- Publication
California Agriculture, 2005, Vol 59, Issue 4, p223
- ISSN
0008-0845
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3733/ca.v059n04p223