Development of the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius ervi, in asexual and sexual females of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and the blackberry-cereal aphid, Sitobion fragariae

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Christiansen Weniger, P ^a   Hardie, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphidius ervi; Critical daylength; Diapause; Oviparae; Photoperiod; Sitobion fragariae; Virginoparae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007819731     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769894     Document Type: Article

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