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Biotaxonomic Study of Apanteles Prodeniae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)


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1 Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune - 16, India
 

The order Hymenoptera is extremely important from the view of Biological control of insect pests. Biology forms the basic information for the workers involved in biological control programmes for formulating mass rearing. The Apanteles is an old, well known genus, initiated by Foerster in 1862.

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Hymenoptera, Biological Control, Apanteles.
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  • Biotaxonomic Study of Apanteles Prodeniae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)

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Authors

S. A. Inamdar
Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune - 16, India
Manoj Jadhav
Department of Zoology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune - 16, India

Abstract


The order Hymenoptera is extremely important from the view of Biological control of insect pests. Biology forms the basic information for the workers involved in biological control programmes for formulating mass rearing. The Apanteles is an old, well known genus, initiated by Foerster in 1862.

Keywords


Hymenoptera, Biological Control, Apanteles.

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