Effects of Multiparasitism on the Parasitization Behavior and Progeny Development of Oriental Fruit Fly Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 757-764

  Bautista, Renato C ^a   Harris, Ernest J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiparasitism; Opiine parasitoids; Parasitoid competition; Tephritid fruit flies

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BIOSTERES; BIOSTERES ARISANUS; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; OPIUS; PSYTTALIA INCISI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0001435373     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.3.757     Document Type: Article

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