Polydnavirus and venom of the egg-larval parasitoid Chelonus inanitus (braconidae) induce developmental arrest in the prepupa of its host Spodoptera littoralis (noctuidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 471-481

  Soller, Matthias ^a   Lanzrein, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calyx fluid; Chelonus; Parasitoid; Polydnavirus; Venom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001396176     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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