Host choice and offspring sex allocation in the aphid parasitoid Aphelinus abdominalis (hymenoptera: aphelinidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-221

  Honek A ^a,b   Jarosik V ^a,c   Lapchin, L ^a   Rabasse, J M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Res Institute of Plant Production   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aphelinidae; Aphelinus abdominalis; Aphidae; Biocontrol; Body size; Cereal aphids; Development period; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; Macrosiphum euphorbias; Parasitoid; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001188485     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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