Effects of calyx fluid from a population of Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on the immune response of its host Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Mochiah, Moses B ^a   Ngi Song, Adele J ^a   Overholt, William A ^a   Botchey, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Busseola fusca; Calyx fluid; Cotesia sesamiae; Encapsulation; Parasitisation; Polydnavirus

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; COTESIA SESAMIAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0002069835     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400015095     Document Type: Article

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