Variation between laboratory populations of Encarsia formosa in their parasitization behavior on the host Bemisia tabaci

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-441

  Renter, Heather J ^a,b   Brasch, Klara ^a,c   Van Lenteren, Joop C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Godolloi Agrartudomanyi Egyetem   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bemisia argentifolii; Bemisia tabaci; biological control; Encarsia formosa; host parasitoid interactions; intraspecific variation; parthenogenetic reproduction; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

BEMISIA TABACI; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITIC WASP; PARASITOID; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 0029659487     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00957.x     Document Type: Article

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