Egg-limited functional response of Uscana lariophaga, egg parasitoid of bruchid beetle pests in stored cowpea

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Van Alebeek, Frans A N ^a   Koning, C M ^a   De Korte, E A P ^a   Van Huis, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arrestment; biological control; Callosobruchus maculatus; foraging behaviour; handling time; initial egg load; Vigna unguiculata; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; USCANA; USCANA LARIOPHAGA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; BRUCHIDAE; FABACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COWPEA; EGG PARASITOID; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HANDLING TIME; SEED BEETLE;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0029660540     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb02034.x     Document Type: Article

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