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An Insight in the Reproductive Biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a Potential Biological Control Agent against the Legume Pod Borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)

  • 1. UMR DGIMI 1333 INRA, UM, Case Courrier 101, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34 095 Montpellier, France & International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin Research Station (IITA-Benin), 08 BP 0932 Cotonou, Benin & Facult´e des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA), Universit´e d'Abomey Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin
  • 2. Facult´e des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA), Universit´e d'Abomey Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin
  • 3. UMR DGIMI 1333 INRA, UM, Case Courrier 101, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34 095 Montpellier, France
  • 4. Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
  • 5. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI, USA
  • 6. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin Research Station (IITA-Benin), 08 BP 0932 Cotonou, Benin

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Souna, Djibril Aboubakar, Bokonon-Ganta, Aimé, Ravallec, Marc, Cusumano, Antonino, Pittendrigh, Barry Robert, Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie, Tamò, Manuele (2017): An Insight in the Reproductive Biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a Potential Biological Control Agent against the Legume Pod Borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (3156534) 2017: 1-8, DOI: 10.1155/2017/3156534, URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3156534

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