Studies on the host-finding ability of the aphid parasitoid, Trioxys complanatus (Hym.: Braconidae) in lucerne and clover

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Milne, W M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clover; Host location; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Therioaphis trifolii; Trifolium subterraneum; Trioxys complanatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001435131     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769895     Document Type: Article

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