Effects of photoperiod and temperature on diapause of two aphelinus spp. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizing the russian wheat aphid

The Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 853-860

  Yu, D S ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; DIAPAUSE; HYMENOPTERA; PHOTOPERIOD; RUSSIAN WHEAT APHID; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA, ALBERTA; KAZAKHSTAN;

APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS VARIPES; DIURAPHIS NOXIA;

EID: 0027028312     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent124853-5     Document Type: Article

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