Secondary host choice by the autoparasitoid Encarsia pergandiella

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-214

  Pedata, Paolo A ^a,b   Hunter, Martha S ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelinidae; biological control; greenhouse whitefly; heteronomous hyperparasitoid; Hymenoptera; hyperparasitism; Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; ENCARSIA PERCANDIELLA; ENCARSIA PERGANDIELLA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; VESPIDAE; ENCARSIA MERITORIA; HOMOPTERA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY; HOST CHOICE; HYPERPARASITISM; HYPERPARASITOID; SECONDARY HOST;

EUROPE, (NORTH); ITALY;

EID: 0029660538     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb02033.x     Document Type: Article

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