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may undergo when introduced into the labo- ratory are given in Table 1.2. Variability in performance traits is usually abundantl ...

onwards. It should not be delayed until problems occur. Introducing field-collected insects into mass rearing also poses risks o ...

control maintains consistency of production output. Process control tells how the manu- facturing processes are performing. Thes ...

decreasing number of pesticides available, with increasing costs per unit of volume for chemical pesticides and implementation o ...

using precisely the same set of external stim- uli. Two types of adaptive variation have been distinguished in the foraging beha ...

Laboratory rearing and field performance of natural enemies In view of all these obstacles, one of the first conclusions is that ...

good correlation has been established between the laboratory measurements, flight tests and field performance. In addition to th ...

Bartlett, A.C. (1984a) Establishment and maintenance of insect colonies through genetic control. In: King, E.G. and Leppla, N.C. ...

tions of Arctocorisa carinata(Sahlberg, C.) (Heteroptera, Corixidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici15, 77–83. Joslyn, D.J. (1984) Ma ...

van Lenteren, J.C. (1986a) Evaluation, mass production, quality control and release of entomophagous insects. In: Franz, J.M. (e ...

2 Aspects of Total Quality Control for the Production of Natural Enemies N.C. Leppla Department of Entomology and Nematology, Un ...

oviposition cages and containers for holding parasitized hosts. Measurements may include the number and condition of hosts, the ...

What is the Relationship Between Specifications and Standards? There has been some confusion about the differences between speci ...

needs or products or services intended for the same functional use’ (ANSI/ASQC, 1987). In other words, a standard is the level o ...

What is the Management Subdivision of Total Quality Control? TQC provides a very powerful and flexible system for producing natu ...

References ANSI/ASQC (1987) Quality Systems Terminology. American National Standards Institute/American Society for Quality Cont ...

3 A Variable-response Model for Parasitoid Foraging Behaviour L.E.M. Vet,1,2W.J. Lewis,^3 D.R. Papaj^4 and J.C. van Lenteren^1 ( ...

behaviour (see below). Learning may be loosely defined as ‘any change in behaviour with experience’ (for a discussion of the def ...

long-range cues (usually for locating and selecting proper habitats) and then to close- range cues (usually for detecting and se ...

evoke motor patterns different from that of the stimulus under investigation. This expla- nation appeals to the importance of al ...