Rearing technique may bolster biocontrol wasp's commercial prospects
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 14:31
in Mathematics & Economics
Two to three millimeters long, the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor is a top candidate for use in programs to biologically control Indianmeal moths and other stored-product pests. But despite the prospects for reduced insecticide use and product losses, the approach has yet to gain traction commercially, in part because of the lack of an efficient method of stockpiling the wasp. But a team of scientists is working on the problem.