Biological Control of the Invasive Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) - an Overview and the First Trials in Croatia

Biological Control of the Invasive Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) - an Overview and the First Trials in Croatia

Background and Purpose: Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a globally invasive insect pest, spreading very quickly in new habitats and making serious damage to sweet chestnut forests in Croatia and in several other European countries. Indigenous parasitoid species trophically associated with oak gallwasps hav...

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Main Authors: Dinka Matošević, Ambra Quacchia, Éva Kriston, George Melika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Forest Research Institute 2014-06-01
Series:South-East European Forestry
Subjects:
Torymus sinensis
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
classical biological control
parasitoid
sweet chestnut
host specificity
gallwasp
release
Online Access:http://www.seefor.eu/vol-5-no-1-matosevic-et-al-biological-control-of-the-invasive-dryocosmus-kuriphilus-hymenoptera-cynipidae-an-overview-and-the-first-trials-in-croatia.html

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http://www.seefor.eu/vol-5-no-1-matosevic-et-al-biological-control-of-the-invasive-dryocosmus-kuriphilus-hymenoptera-cynipidae-an-overview-and-the-first-trials-in-croatia.html

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