Parasitoid wasps as effective biological control agents

• 作 者: WANG Zhi-zhi LIU Yin-quan SHI
• 机 构: MinistryofAgricultureKeyLabofMolecularBiologyofCropPathogensandInsects,StateKeyLabofRiceBiology,Inst
• 出 处: 农业科学学报:英文版
• 发表日期: 2019年4期
• 关键词: PARASITOID wasp predator BIOLOGICAL control/biocontrol BIOLOGICAL control/biocon
• 基金项目: the Key Program(31630060),Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(31230068),General Program(31672079 and 31501700)of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Biological control(biocontrol)is a safe,sustainable approach that takes advantage of natural enemies such as predators,parasitic insects or pathogens to manage pests in agroecosystems.Parasitoid wasps,a very large evolutionary group of hymenopteran insect