The functional response of Uscana lariophaga under different egg distributions of its host Callosobruchus maculatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Van Alebeek, Frans A N ^a   Bezemer, T M ^a   Van Huis, A ^a   Van Lenteren, J C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arrestment; biological control; cowpea; foraging behaviour; Vigna unguiculata; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; USCANA; USCANA LARIOPHAGA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; BRUCHIDAE; FABACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COWPEA; EGG PARASITOID; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; SEED BEETLE;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0029660541     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb02035.x     Document Type: Article

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