Maize (Zea mays Linnaeus, 1753) is economically the most important crop in Serbia, while European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) its significant pest of this crop. One potentially successful and environmentally friendly method for biological control based on usage wasps from genus Trichogramma Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), which parasiti...

Eggs of Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller), Cadra cautella (Walker) and Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) are host parasitoid Trichogramma pintoi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) which is used in biological control pests. In this study, the species egg age preferences were determined parasitization performance adult female T. pinto. For preference, 1, 2, 3 4 days old eggs from three different hosts give...

The Lygus bug complex (Het., Miridae) at many sites in North America causes economic damage to a wide variety of agricultural crops and is the focus of numerous research projects. Lygus can be best suppressed using parasitoids in unsprayed non-cropping situations as well as in crops where pollination is important for maximizing yields. The European parasitoid Peristenus digoneutis Loan (Hym., B...

Weeds should be controlled with low impact methods and selective agrochemicals that have little or no effect on non-target organisms. This study aimed to evaluate the of herbicide atrazine (triazine class) 10 Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) species. A female species these natural enemies was individually placed in a glass test tube (free-choice test) two paper cards containing 45 Anagasta (Ephe...