Simple Summary This review describes the advances in BC for use in open fields in Brazil.
These advances make our country a model for this type of pest control, especially since …

Trichogramma egg parasitoids are successfully used for biological control of a wide range of
lepidopteran pests worldwide. However, the field success depends upon their performance …

Different factitious hosts were used to mass rear Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead in
different parts of the globe because thorough details were lacking in both the laboratory and …

Studies on aggressiveness of parasitoids, as assessed by their parasitism against pests,
used in biological-control programs are highly important to select the most suitable species …

Trichogramma foersteri Takahashi is a parasitoid recently identified in eggs of Palpita
forficifera Munroe, considered the main pest of the olive tree in Brazil. The efficiency of a …

BACKGROUND Chouioia cunea is a generalist pupal endoparasitoid. Native to Eurasia, the
parasitoid has been mass‐reared on an alternative lepidopteran host (Antheraea pernyi) to …

Os parasitoides de ovos pertencentes ao gênero Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera:
Trichogrammatidae) são comumente empregados em programas de Controle Biológico …

This article describes the importance of rearing insects, whether on a small scale for
research or a large scale for mass rearing, for use in biological control (BC) programs with …