Factors mediating short- and long-term immune suppression in a parasitized insect

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Webe, Bruch A ^a   Luckhart, Shirley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campoletis sonorensis; Heliothis virescens insect immunity; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003165327     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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