Use of Rubidium to Label Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Greenbugs (Homoptera: Aphididae), for Dispersal Studies

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1167-1172

  Fernandes, Odair A ^a,b   Wright, Robert J ^a,c   Baumgarten, Karl H ^a   Mayo, Z B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c S Ctrl Res and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Grain sorghum; Greenbugs; Lysiphlebus testaceipes; Parasitoids; Rubidium chloride

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0000642594     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.5.1167     Document Type: Article

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