Development and nutrition of the braconid wasp, Aphidius ervi in aposymbiotic host aphids

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Pennacchio, Francesco ^a   Fanti, Paolo ^a   Falabella, Patrizia ^a   Digilio, Maria Cristina ^a   Bisaccia, Faustino ^a   Tremblay, Ermenegildo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Aposymbiotic aphids; Buchnera; In vitro rearing; Pea aphid; Symbiosis; Teratocytes

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACONIDAE; INSECTA; PISUM SATIVUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0002295144     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1999)40:1<53::AID-ARCH6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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