Extrafloral Nectar, Honeydew, and Sucrose Effects on Searching Behavior and Efficiency of Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 617-623

  Stapel, J Oscar ^a   Cortesero, Anne Marie ^a   De Moraes, Consuelo M ^a,b   Tumlinson, James H ^a,c   Lewis, W Joe ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton extrafloral nectaries; Food; Host; Microplitis croceipes; Parasitism; Searching behavior

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BRACONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIOCOVERPA ZEA; HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES; ZEA;

EID: 0000047231     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.617     Document Type: Article

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