Effect of the ratios of Listronotus bonariensis and Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to their respective parasitoids Microctonus hyperodae and M. aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on parasitism, host oviposition and feeding in the laboratory

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Barratt, B I P ^a   Evans, A A ^a   Johnstone, P D ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0001659075     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300052329     Document Type: Article

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