Published June 1954. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Revised June 1958. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
A parasitic wasp, Trioxys pallidus Haliday
(Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) was imported from Europe and
initially released against the filbert aphid Mvzocallis
coryli (Goetze) in hazelnut (filbert) orchards of the
Willamette Valley, Oregon beginning in 1984. In the
present study, I investigated the establishment rates of
this parasitoid. A total of 13...
Conservation biological control involves manipulating farm landscapes or management systems to enhance populations of beneficial predators of agricultural pests. Farmscaping is one aspect of conservation biological control where predators of important pests are identified, the availability on the farm landscape of resources and habitat components needed by the beneficials to...